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VISCUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods
Synonyms:
genus Viscum; Viscum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Viscum" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Viscum"):
mistletoe; Old World mistletoe; Viscum album (Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas)
Holonyms ("Viscum" is a member of...):
family Viscaceae; mistletoe family; Viscaceae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae)
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