| Noun | 1. mistletoe family - in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceaefamily Viscaceae, Viscaceaedilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsorder Santalales, Santalales - order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on rootsgenus Viscum, Viscum - type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoodsgenus Phoradendron, Phoradendron - any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe | | 2. mistletoe family - in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoriafamily Loranthaceae, Loranthaceaedilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsorder Santalales, Santalales - order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on rootsgenus Loranthus, Loranthus - type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 speciesArceuthobium, genus Arceuthobium - genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifersgenus Nuytsia, Nuytsia - one speciesparasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it |