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ARCEUTHOBIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers

Synonyms:

Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Arceuthobium" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Arceuthobium"):

American mistletoe; Arceuthobium pusillum (small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees)

Holonyms ("Arceuthobium" is a member of...):

family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family (in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria)

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