false mistletoe

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Noun

1.false mistletoe - American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoemistletoegenus Phoradendron, Phoradendron - any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoeAmerican mistletoe, Phoradendron flavescens, Phoradendron serotinum - the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plantparasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it