american mistletoe

Noun

• small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees

• the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  American mistletoe , Arceuthobium pusillum , Phoradendron serotinum , Phoradendron flavescens