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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•tle•toe /ˈmɪsəlˌtoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Plant Biologya plant having yellowish flowers and white berries used in Christmas decorations:If you stand under mistletoe, anyone wishing to do so may kiss you.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•tle•toe (mis′əl tō′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya European plant, Viscum album, having yellowish flowers and white berries, growing parasitically on various trees, used in Christmas decorations.
- Plant Biologyany of several other related, similar plants, as Phoradendron serotinum, of the U.S.: the state flower of Oklahoma.
- bef. 1000; Middle English mistelto, apparently back formation from Old English misteltān (mistel mistletoe, basil + tān twig), the -n being taken as plural ending; cognate with Old Norse mistilteinn
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mistletoe /ˈmɪsəlˌtəʊ/ n - a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Viscum album, with leathery leaves, yellowish flowers, and waxy white berries: grows as a partial parasite on various trees: used as a Christmas decoration: family Viscaceae
- any of several similar and related American plants in the families Loranthaceae or Viscaceae, esp Phoradendron flavescens
Etymology: Old English misteltān, from mistel mistletoe + tān twig; related to Old Norse mistilteinn |