misletoe

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MISLETOE, noun mis'lto. A plant or shrub that grows on trees. It is of the genus Viscum. The berry contains a glutinous substance, and the shrub is said to be propagated by birds. This plant was held in great veneration by the Druids.
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