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Definition of mistletoe:

mistletoe (noun):: American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe.; any of various plants of the mistletoe family (as of an american genus phoradendron) resembling the true mistletoe; a european semiparasitic green shrub (viscum album of the family loranthaceae, the mistletoe family) with thick leaves, small yellowish flowers, and waxy-white glutinous berries

Synonyms for mistletoe:

american mistletoe

false mistletoe

genus phoradendron

loranthus europaeus

old world mistletoe

parasitic plant

phoradendron

phoradendron serotinum

viscum album

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