false mistletoe

false mistletoe
noun
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
Syn: ↑mistletoe
Hypernyms: ↑parasitic plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Phoradendron, ↑genus Phoradendron

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noun
: mistletoe 2a

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