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mistletoe

mis.tle.toe \'mis-*l-.to-, chiefly Brit 'miz-\ n [ME mistilto basil, fr. OE 
   mistelta-n, fr. mistel mistleto]e, basil, + ta-n twig; akin to OHG & OS 
   mistil mistletoe and to OHG zein twig : a European semiparasitic green 
   shrub (Viscum album of the family L oranthaceae, the mistletoe family) with 
   thick leaves, small yellowish flowers, and waxy-white glutinous berries; 
   broadly : any of various plants of the mistletoe family (as of an American 
   genus Phoradendron) resembling the true mistletoe