noun
type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods
• Syn: ↑Viscum
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Viscaceae, ↑family Viscaceae, ↑mistletoe family
• Member Meronyms: ↑mistletoe, ↑Viscum album, ↑Old World mistletoe
Useful english dictionary. 2012.