A Eurasian parasitic shrub (Viscum album) having leathery evergreen leaves and waxy white berries.
Any of several American parasitic shrubs, such as Phoradendron flavescens of eastern North America.
A sprig of mistletoe, often used as a Christmas decoration.
[Middle English mistelto, back-formation from Old English misteltān (tān, taken for pl. of tā, toe) : mistel, mistletoe; see meigh- in Indo-European roots + tān, twig.]
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