american mistletoe

Questions about american mistletoe

What does american mistletoe mean?

american mistletoe means "the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for american mistletoe?

Close synonyms include Phoradendron serotinum, Phoradendron flavescens, Arceuthobium pusillum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american mistletoe a common word?

american mistletoe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.