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Definition: MISSELTOE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Mistletoe": A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Misseltoe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: MISSELTOE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Mistletoe": A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "MISSELTOE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)