genus Viscum

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genus Viscum - type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoodsViscumdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsfamily Viscaceae, mistletoe family, Viscaceae - in some classifications considered a subfamily of LoranthaceaeOld World mistletoe, Viscum album, mistletoe - Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas