mistletoe
英 ['mɪs(ə)ltəʊ]
美['mɪslto]
- n. [中医] 槲寄生（一种常用作圣诞节室内悬挂的植物）
英英释意
- 1. American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
- 2. Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
- 3. shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks