Mistletoe Synonyms

mĭsəl-tō
Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Viscum album
  2. Old World mistletoe
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. false mistletoe
Shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Loranthus europaeus

Words Related to Mistletoe

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. mountain-ash
  2. bough
  3. sloe
  4. ceratonia
  5. loquat

Mistletoe Sentence Examples

  • The mistletoe is parasitic both on deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs.

  • The mistletoe so extensively used in England at Christmas is largely derived from the apple orchards of Normandy; a quantity is also sent from the apple orchards of Herefordshire.

  • The mistletoe figures also in Scandinavian legend as having furnished the material of the arrow with which Balder (the sun-god) was slain by the blind god Hoder.

  • According to this writer the Druids held the mistletoe in the highest veneration.

  • Some werewolf myths do claim that rye, mistletoe, mountain ash or wolfsbane are effective deterrents against a werewolf attack.

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