mistletoe treen.†(a) = sense 1a (obsolete);(b) the flame tree of western Australia, Nuytsia floribunda (family Loranthaceae), which is parasitic on the roots of grasses and other plants.
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1562 W. Turner2nd Pt. Herball f. 164v Of the Missel or Misselto tre.
1892 M. NorthRecoll. Happy Life ii. 153 One plain—surrounded by the nuytsia or mistletoe trees, in a full blaze of bloom.