1. A eurasian parasitic shrub (viscum album) having leathery evergreen leaves and waxy white berries.
2. any of several american parasitic shrubs, such as Phoradendron flavescens of eastern north america.
3. A sprig of mistletoe, often used as a christmas decoration.

1. any of several parasitic evergreen plants with white berries that grow in the crowns of oaks, apple trees and other trees.
2. A sprig of these plants used as a christmas decoration.

1. A parasitic evergreen plant of europe (viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. when found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit.

1. A european plant, viscum album, of the natural order Loranthaceæ, growing parasitically on various trees.
2. A plant of some other species of viscum, or of one of the genera Loranthus, Phoradendron, and Arceuthobium, their species almost all having the same parasitic habit.

1. shrub of central and southeastern europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
2. american plants closely resembling old world mistletoe
3. old world parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of christmas