arceuthobium

Noun
  1. Genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers (synset 112758847)
    is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
    member holonym: american mistletoe, arceuthobium pusillum - small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees
    belongs to: family loranthaceae, loranthaceae, mistletoe family - in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
    same as: genus arceuthobium

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