Viscum album

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Viscum album - Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas

Old World mistletoe, mistletoe

genus Viscum, Viscum - type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods

parasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it

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genus Viscum mistletoe Old World mistletoe parasitic plant Viscin Viscum			European History of Mistletoe Facts: The first is the European mistletoe, Viscum Album, that grows on a variety of trees; the most popular are the juniper trees and apple trees. Christmas Mistletoe the Plant by Joe Will / Ethnic, cultural, racial issues community The plant is Viscum album, the most common holiday mistletoe of Europe, and the species that first inspired the tradition of couples sharing a kiss under its evergreen leaves and waxy berries. Mistletoe may prolong lives of cancer patients by Asian News International It is particularly pleasing that the German licensing authorities (BfArM--the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices) are represented at the 4th Mistletoe Symposium with a paper on the "Regulatory options for Viscum album preparations" (C. Editorial by Scheer, Rainer / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology			viscometric viscometry Visconti viscose viscose rayon viscosimeter viscosimetric viscosimetry viscosity viscount Viscount Melville Sound Viscount Nelson Viscount Northcliffe Viscount St. Albans viscountcy viscountess Viscountess Astor Viscountship viscounty viscous viscous flow viscousness Visct Visct. Viscum Viscum album viscus vise viselike Viseu Vishakhapatnam Vishinsky Vishnu Vishnuism visibility visibility range visible visible balance Visible church visible horizon visible light visible radiation visible spectrum visible speech visibleness visibly Visigoth Visigothic vision vision defect vision mixer			viscous metamorphosis viscous metamorphosis viscous metamorphosis viscous neutral oil Viscous Oil Pump Viscous Oil Pumping System Viscous Plastic Processing Viscous Remanent Magnetization Viscous Remanent Magnetization Viscous Semi-Geostrophic Viscous Shock Layer viscous sublayer Viscous Traction Viscous Traction Twin Turbo viscous-drag gas-density meter Viscousity Viscousity Viscousity Viscousity viscously viscously viscously viscousness viscousness viscousness Visct Visct. Viscum Viscum Viscum abietis Viscum album Viscum austriacum viscus viscus viscus VISD VISDA viSdP VISDTA vise vise vise vise vise Visé Visé Visé Visé Vise (tool) Vise (tool) Vise grip Vise grip Vise grip vise-like vise-like vise-like vise-like Visean Viséan Visean Stage Viséan Stage

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