mistletoe
noun
a European plant, Viscum album, having yellowish flowers and white berries, growing parasitically on various trees, used in Christmas decorations.
mistletoes
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pluralof mistletoe.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lectins and phoratoxins — two chemicals found in mistletoes — can “affect the heart, causing low blood pressure and slowed heart rate,” the FDA says.
From Fox News ● Dec. 11, 2018
"If I had my way there'd be mistletoes every day," sings Lane as a tom-tom beat echoes behind her and a pedal steel guitar moans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2014
This airborne parasitism is so successful that mistletoes are thought to have evolved it five separate times on their own.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 21, 2012
He told him that he had reason on his side, and begged a few mistletoes.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
The dodders and mistletoes rob juices from the stem and branches of their unfortunate hosts; more numerous still are the unbidden guests that fasten themselves upon the roots of their prey.
From Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer by George Iles
