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Meaning
Noun
●
In Parasites & Santalales order plants:
Any of
numerous
hemiparasitic
evergreen
plants
of the order Santalales with
white
berries
that
grow
in the
crowns
of
apple trees
,
oaks
, and other
trees
, such as the European
mistletoe
(Viscum
album
) and American
mistletoe
or
eastern
mistletoe
(Phoradendron leucarpum).
●
In Christmas:
A
sprig
of one such
plant
used as a Christmas
decoration
, associated with the
custom
that a
man
may
kiss
any
woman
standing
beneath
it.
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