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VISCUM

\vˈɪskəm], \vˈɪskəm], \v_ˈɪ_s_k_ə_m]\

Definitions of VISCUM

2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The mistletoe.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The mistletoe.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A plant genus in the family VISCACEAE, order Santalales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. Species of this genus contain cytotoxic lectins. The common name of MISTLETOE is used for many species of this and the LORANTHACEAE families.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A genus of loranthaceous shrubs parasitic on trees.
See under V. album.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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