See mistletoe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis": "83 17",
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"_dis": "78 22",
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"_dis": "45 55",
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"name": "Santalales order plants",
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"ref": "1738, E[phraim] Chambers, “MISTLETOE”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, 2nd corrected and amended edition, volumes II (L–Z), London: […] D[aniel] Midwinter [et al.], →OCLC, column 1:",
"text": "Miſtletoe, by phyſicians, &c. called viſcus, grows to the height of about two feet. […] Pliny and moſt naturaliſts relate, that thruſhes being exceedingly fond of the berries of the miſtletoe; they ſwallow them, and caſt them out again on the branches of trees, where they uſe to perch; and by this means give occaſion to a new production of miſtletoe.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1833 February, Robert Mallet, Jun., “Art. IV. Horticultural Jottanda of a Recent Continental Tour.”, in J[ohn] C[laudius] Loudon, editor, The Gardener’s Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, volume IX, number 42, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […], →OCLC, page 27:",
"text": "In Martigny I first observed the custom, common throughout many parts of Switzerland, of hanging mistletoes over the house doors; a superstition for which I have not been able to get any reason rendered.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1844, James Backhouse, chapter XXX, in A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., […]; York: John L. Linney, […], →OCLC, page 534:",
"text": "Mistletoes were growing on the Euphorbias; they were much more succulent than when growing on woody shrubs or on trees. […] One of the Mistletoes common in Southern Africa, has small, myrtle-like leaves and red berries; another is leafless, and has stems resembling a Salicornia.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1985 May, Robert O. Tinnin, Donald M. Knutson, “Types of Dwarf Mistletoe Brooms”, in How to Identify Brooms in Douglas-fir Caused by Dwarf Mistletoe (United States Department of Agriculture Research Note; PNW 426), [Portland, Or.?]: Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 2:",
"text": "The brooms caused by Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe begin as small sprays of twigs radiating from a swollen limb […] but in time they become large, more or less spherical in shape, and often with long, droopy twigs. […] Although the parasite is present throughout each broom, the only visible portions of dwarf mistletoe are the reproductive shoots which are called \"aerial shoots.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2014-12-23:",
"text": "[T]he stickiness [of mistletoe berries] persists through the gut, making it hard to defecate mistletoe seeds with any grace. To deal with this, birds like the silky flycatcher, Phainopepla nitens, that are mistletoe specialists, have evolved a \"waggle dance\" – also known as butt-wiping behavior – where they clean up by rubbing themselves against twigs. Indeed, the association with bird droppings may even be the origin of the word: Some evidence suggests that \"mistletoe\" comes from Anglo-Saxon for \"dung on a twig.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
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"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)."
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"crowns",
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"(countable, uncountable) 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)."
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"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "ağʷo",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "агъо"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "maretak"
},
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistel"
},
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veshtull"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "täḳäṭla",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ተቀጥላ"
},
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dibq",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دِبْق"
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"roman": "nabāt ṭufayliyy",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "نَبَات طُفَيْلِيّ"
},
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"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visco"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"roman": "čagom",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ճագոմ"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
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"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "vãscu"
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "vescu"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
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"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visco"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "öksəotu"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mihura"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "amjalá",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "амяла́"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
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"roman": "imél",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
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"roman": "kyi:paung:",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ကျီးပေါင်း"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "chl",
"lang": "Cahuilla",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "cháyal"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vesc"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "yodatli",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ᏲᏓᏟ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "huk⁶ gei³ sang¹",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "槲寄生"
},
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hújìshēng",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "槲寄生"
},
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "vistscho"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vischju"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "jmelí"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "mistelten"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maretak"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistel"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vogellijm"
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{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "blanka visko"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "visko"
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "puuvõõrik"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistilteinur"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "misteli"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gui"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visc"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maroxo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visgo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "kld",
"lang": "Gamilaraay",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "baan"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pitri",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ფითრი"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mistel"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ixós",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ιξός"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gki",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "γκι"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ixós",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἰξός"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "kauci"
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{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "divkón",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דבקון"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "fagyöngy"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistilteinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistelo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drualus"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vischio"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"alt": "やどりぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yadorigi",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "宿木"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "kbd",
"lang": "Kabardian",
"roman": "žəɣkʷuğʷu",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "жыгкугъу"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeousari",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "겨우살이"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "viscum"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "āmuļi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amalas"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mëspel"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "imela",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "имела"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geul"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "kohuorangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "pirinoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "pirirangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistelto"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistel"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "dahtsʼaaʼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misteltein"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misteltein"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vesc"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misteltān"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistel"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistilteinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fa",
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"text": "There were ruddy, brown-faced, broad-girthed Spanish Onions, shining in the fatness of their growth like Spanish Friars; and winking from their shelves in wanton slyness at the girls as they went by, and glanced demurely at the hung-up mistletoe.",
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"ref": "1946 November, Robert Wells, Mel Tormé (lyrics and music), “The Christmas Song”, performed by Nat King Cole:",
"text": "Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe / Help to make the season bright / Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow / Will find it hard to sleep tonight",
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"ref": "1958, Johnny Marks (lyrics and music), “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree”, in Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee, performed by Brenda Lee:",
"text": "Rockin' around the Christmas tree / At the Christmas party hop / Mistletoe hung where you can see / Every couple tries to stop",
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"text": "Mistletoe. The word conjures winter holidays, office parties, stolen kisses, romance. But appreciation of the plant is no modern thing. Kissing under the mistletoe has been happening for at least 200 years. And some 2,000 years ago, the druids in which is now Britain venerated the plant when it grew on an oak. When they found it, they dressed in white, harvested it with a golden sickle, and sacrificed two white bulls.",
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"ref": "1738, E[phraim] Chambers, “MISTLETOE”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, 2nd corrected and amended edition, volumes II (L–Z), London: […] D[aniel] Midwinter [et al.], →OCLC, column 1:",
"text": "Miſtletoe, by phyſicians, &c. called viſcus, grows to the height of about two feet. […] Pliny and moſt naturaliſts relate, that thruſhes being exceedingly fond of the berries of the miſtletoe; they ſwallow them, and caſt them out again on the branches of trees, where they uſe to perch; and by this means give occaſion to a new production of miſtletoe.",
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"ref": "1833 February, Robert Mallet, Jun., “Art. IV. Horticultural Jottanda of a Recent Continental Tour.”, in J[ohn] C[laudius] Loudon, editor, The Gardener’s Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, volume IX, number 42, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […], →OCLC, page 27:",
"text": "In Martigny I first observed the custom, common throughout many parts of Switzerland, of hanging mistletoes over the house doors; a superstition for which I have not been able to get any reason rendered.",
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"ref": "1844, James Backhouse, chapter XXX, in A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., […]; York: John L. Linney, […], →OCLC, page 534:",
"text": "Mistletoes were growing on the Euphorbias; they were much more succulent than when growing on woody shrubs or on trees. […] One of the Mistletoes common in Southern Africa, has small, myrtle-like leaves and red berries; another is leafless, and has stems resembling a Salicornia.",
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"ref": "1985 May, Robert O. Tinnin, Donald M. Knutson, “Types of Dwarf Mistletoe Brooms”, in How to Identify Brooms in Douglas-fir Caused by Dwarf Mistletoe (United States Department of Agriculture Research Note; PNW 426), [Portland, Or.?]: Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 2:",
"text": "The brooms caused by Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe begin as small sprays of twigs radiating from a swollen limb […] but in time they become large, more or less spherical in shape, and often with long, droopy twigs. […] Although the parasite is present throughout each broom, the only visible portions of dwarf mistletoe are the reproductive shoots which are called \"aerial shoots.\"",
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"ref": "2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2014-12-23:",
"text": "[T]he stickiness [of mistletoe berries] persists through the gut, making it hard to defecate mistletoe seeds with any grace. To deal with this, birds like the silky flycatcher, Phainopepla nitens, that are mistletoe specialists, have evolved a \"waggle dance\" – also known as butt-wiping behavior – where they clean up by rubbing themselves against twigs. Indeed, the association with bird droppings may even be the origin of the word: Some evidence suggests that \"mistletoe\" comes from Anglo-Saxon for \"dung on a twig.\"",
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"ref": "1782, Benjamin Martin, “Dialogue VI. Reflections on the Wonderful Nature, and Singular Properties of Some Kinds of Plants, Shrubs, and Trees; Exemplified in Missltoe,^([sic]) Sensitive Plant, Bulbous Garlic, Bee-orchis, and Egg-plant.”, in The Young Gentleman and Lady’s Philosophy in a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art; by Way of Dialogue, volumes III, part IV (Containing a General Survey of Vegetation and Vegetables), London: Printed for W. Owen, […]; and the author, […], →OCLC, page 229:",
"text": "Miſtletoe! why I know what that is, as we garniſh our Houſe with it every Year, at Chriſtmas.",
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"ref": "1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 81–82:",
"text": "There were ruddy, brown-faced, broad-girthed Spanish Onions, shining in the fatness of their growth like Spanish Friars; and winking from their shelves in wanton slyness at the girls as they went by, and glanced demurely at the hung-up mistletoe.",
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"ref": "1946 November, Robert Wells, Mel Tormé (lyrics and music), “The Christmas Song”, performed by Nat King Cole:",
"text": "Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe / Help to make the season bright / Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow / Will find it hard to sleep tonight",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1958, Johnny Marks (lyrics and music), “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree”, in Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee, performed by Brenda Lee:",
"text": "Rockin' around the Christmas tree / At the Christmas party hop / Mistletoe hung where you can see / Every couple tries to stop",
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"ref": "2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2014-12-23:",
"text": "Mistletoe. The word conjures winter holidays, office parties, stolen kisses, romance. But appreciation of the plant is no modern thing. Kissing under the mistletoe has been happening for at least 200 years. And some 2,000 years ago, the druids in which is now Britain venerated the plant when it grew on an oak. When they found it, they dressed in white, harvested it with a golden sickle, and sacrificed two white bulls.",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "maretak"
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"code": "am",
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"word": "ተቀጥላ"
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"code": "an",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
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"code": "an",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ճագոմ"
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"code": "rup",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "öksəotu"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mihura"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "amjalá",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "imél",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "име́л"
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"code": "my",
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"roman": "kyi:paung:",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ကျီးပေါင်း"
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"code": "chl",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "cháyal"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"masculine"
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"word": "vesc"
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{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "yodatli",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ᏲᏓᏟ"
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "huk⁶ gei³ sang¹",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "槲寄生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hújìshēng",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "槲寄生"
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{
"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "vistscho"
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"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "vischju"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "jmelí"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "mistelten"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "maretak"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"masculine"
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"word": "mistel"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"masculine"
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"word": "vogellijm"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "blanka visko"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "puuvõõrik"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "mistilteinur"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "misteli"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gui"
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"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
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"word": "visc"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maroxo"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visgo"
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{
"code": "kld",
"lang": "Gamilaraay",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "baan"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pitri",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ფითრი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mistel"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ixós",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ιξός"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"neuter"
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"word": "γκι"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "ixós",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
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"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "kauci"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "divkón",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דבקון"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "fagyöngy"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "mistilteinn"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistelo"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drualus"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "vischio"
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"alt": "やどりぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yadorigi",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "宿木"
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"code": "kbd",
"lang": "Kabardian",
"roman": "žəɣkʷuğʷu",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "жыгкугъу"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeousari",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "겨우살이"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "āmuļi"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amalas"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mëspel"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "imela",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geul"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "kohuorangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "pirinoa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "pirirangi"
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{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistelto"
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistel"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "dahtsʼaaʼ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misteltein"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misteltein"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vesc"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "misteltān"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistel"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistilteinn"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dârvâš",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "دارواش"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mistelplaunt"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kusskjriekje"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jemioła"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "erva-de-passarinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visgo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vâsc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oméla",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оме́ла"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "biscu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "viscu"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "messeldeu"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uil-ìoc"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "имѐла"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "imèla"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "imelo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "omela"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jemjelica"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "jemjel"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "muérdago"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mistel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ligas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ökse otu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "ökseotu"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "lằng ca"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "phác"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "hán fặc"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "omela",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "омела"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viscio"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "tầm gửi"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uchelwydd"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales",
"word": "mistel"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imela"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mistel"
}
],
"word": "mistletoe"
}
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