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mistletoe

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mistletoe common name for the Loranthaceae, a family of chiefly tropical hemiparasitic herbs and shrubs with leathery evergreen leaves and waxy white berries. They have green leaves, but they manufacture only part of the nutrients they require. Mistletoes are aerial hemiparasites, attaching themselves to their hosts by modified roots called haustoria, with which they absorb water and food from the host. The list of hosts is varied and numerous. Mistletoes are widely used for Christmas decoration. The custom of kissing under a branch of mistletoe apparently originated among the Druids and other... Read more
mistletoe
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable mistletoe according to Pliny the Elder, mistletoe was sacred to the druids, and it has a number of traditional ... when it is associated with the custom of kissing under the mistletoe. In Scandinavian mythology, the shaft which Loki caused the ... Read more
mistletoe-bird
A Dictionary of Zoology mistletoe-bird ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum ) See DICAEIDAE . Read more

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