mistletoe

mistletoe englannista suomeksi

1. Loranthus europaeus

2. misteli

3. loranthus

0. Substantiivi

1. misteli

mistletoe englanniksi

1. Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order (taxfmt) with white berries that grow in the crowns of trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the mistletoe ((taxfmt)) and (vern) or (vern) ((taxlink)).

2. (RQ:Chambers Cyclopaedia) the Elder|Pliny and moſt naturaliſts relate, that thruſhes being exceedingly fond of the berries of the ''miſtletoe''; they ſwallow them, and caſt them out again on the branches of trees, where they uſe to perch; and by this means give occaſion to a new production of ''miſtletoe''.

3. (quote-journal)|month=February|year=1833|volume=IX|issue=42|page=27|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-8oEIREqRMC&pg=PA28|oclc=863445450|passage=In Martigny I first observed the custom, common throughout many parts of Switzerland, of hanging mistletoes over the house doors; a superstition for which I have not been able to get any reason rendered.

4. (quote-book); York: John L. Linney,(nb...)|year=1844|page=534|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2lCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA534|oclc=1007222909|passage=Mistletoes were growing on the Euphorbias; they were much more succulent than when growing on woody shrubs or on trees. (..) One of the Mistletoes common in Southern Africa, has small, myrtle-like leaves and red berries; another is leafless, and has stems resembling a ''Salicornia''.

5. (quote-book)|month=May|year=1985|page=2|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQoCexpyhVsC&pg=PP2|oclc=12593932|passage=The brooms caused by Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe begin as small sprays of twigs radiating from a swollen limb (..) but in time they become large, more or less spherical in shape, and often with long, droopy twigs. (..) Although the parasite is present throughout each broom, the only visible portions of dwarf mistletoe are the reproductive shoots which are called "aerial shoots."

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7. A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.

8. (quote-book) Sensitive Plant, Bulbous Garlic, Bee-orchis, and Egg-plant.| title=The Young Gentleman and Lady’s Philosophy in a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art; by Way of Dialogue|location=London|publisher=Printed for W. Owen,(nb...); and the author,(nb...)|year=1782| volume=III, part IV (Containing a General Survey of Vegetation and Vegetables)| page=229| pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3gKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA229|oclc=84791143| passage=Miſtletoe! why I know what that is, as we garniſh our Houſe with it every Year, at ''Chriſtmas''.

9. (RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol)

10. (quote-song)