american mistletoe

Noun
  1. The traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant (synset 112760726)
    is a type of: false mistletoe, mistletoe - American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
    same as: phoradendron flavescens, phoradendron serotinum
  2. Small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits;
    Parasitic on spruce and larch trees (synset 112759019)
    is a type of: parasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
    belongs to: arceuthobium, genus arceuthobium - genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers
    same as: arceuthobium pusillum

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