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• Two other species of birds (the painted honeyeater and the spiny-cheeked honeyeater) also feed on mistletoes.2003, David Lindenmayer, editor, Wildlife on Farms: How to Conserve Native Animals, page 14. From the entry spiny-cheeked honeyeater
• Of course, we always make certain there are plenty of berries on the mistletoe.2001 October, “Deck the Halls”, in Celebrating the Tradition: The Victorian Christmas Booklet (Front Range Christmas Tree Program)…. From the entry kissing ball
• Your best girl is allergic to mistletoe, and all you got in your stocking is a run?1989 December 25, “Grin, Bunky Your Holiday Ain't so Bad”, in Miami Herald. From the entry bunky
• For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial.2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25…. From the entry stickiness
• Two or three shouldn't be a problem, but dozens of mistletoes can lead to water stress, insect infestation or even death.2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25…. From the entry festoon
• He walked her to her house and received one last lingering Christmas tonguey under the mistletoe that hung above the door.2004, Ben Elton, chapter 20, in Past Mortem, London: Bantam, page 200. From the entry tonguey
• Iscador is a biological made from mistletoe which strengthens the natural immune system, and works against the growth of malignant cells.1984 June 7, Audre Lorde, correspondence, quoted in 1987, A Burst of Light. From the entry biological
• Jim, importuned, had come with his axe and at her wish had felled it with the fruited but unripe mistletoe.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry fruited
• A priest clad in a white robe climbs the tree and with a golden sickle cuts the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloth.1900, James Frazer, The Golden Bough Chapter 65. From the entry climb
• Most mistletoes are "hemiparasites." This means they don't rely on their hosts for all their needs: Instead, they harvest the sun's energy to make some sugars for themselves.2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25…. From the entry festoon
• And, most certainly we are careful to add the requisite bunch of mistletoe – often including a sprig in a kissing ball suspended in the front entryway.2001 October, “Deck the Halls”, in Celebrating the Tradition: The Victorian Christmas Booklet (Front Range Christmas Tree Program)…. From the entry kissing ball
• Just as in Scandinavia the parasitic rowan is deemed a countercharm to sorcery, so in Germany the parasitic mistletoe is still commonly considered a protection against witchcraft.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 282. From the entry countercharm

Meaning of mistletoe

1. noun 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).
2. noun 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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How do you use mistletoe in a sentence?

Mistletoe is used as a noun. For example: “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.”

What is a short sentence with mistletoe?

“Kissing under the mistletoe has been happening for at least 200 years.”

What does mistletoe mean?

Mistletoe means 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).