mistletoe

English

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Etymology

Old English misteltān, from mistel ‘mistletoe’ + tān ‘twig’. Compare mistle.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɪsəltəʊ/

Noun

mistletoe (plural mistletoes)

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.

Usage notes

The term mistletoe is used for both Viscum album (European mistletoe) and Phoradendron leucarpum (eastern mistletoe).

Translations

either species of such evergreen plant

Arabic: نبات طفيلي (ar) Chinese: Mandarin: 槲寄生 (zh) (hújìshēng) Czech: jmelí (cs) n. Danish: mistelten Dutch: maretak m., vogellijm m., mistel m. Esperanto: blanka visko (eo) Finnish: misteli (fi) French: gui (fr) m. German: Mistel (de) f. Greek: ιξός (el) (ixós) Hungarian: fagyöngy (hu) Icelandic: mistilteinn (is) m. Italian: vischio (it) m. Japanese: 宿木 (ja) (やどりぎ, yadorigi) Korean: 겨우살이 (ko) (gyeousariryu) Latin: viscum (la)

Norwegian: misteltein (no) m. Old English: misteltān m., mistel m. Persian: دارواش (fa) (dârwâš) Polish: jemioła (pl) Portuguese: visco (pt) m. Romanian: vâsc (ro) Russian: омела (ru) (oméla) f. Scots: messeldeu Scottish Gaelic: uil-ìoc (gd) m. Serbian: имела (sr) f. Spanish: muérdago m. Swedish: mistel (sv) Tagalog: ligas (tl) Turkish: ökseotu (tr) Ukrainian: омела (uk) (oméla) f. Welsh: uchelwydd, uchelwydd (cy) m.

European mistletoe

See European mistletoe

eastern mistletoe

See eastern mistletoe