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    GENUS ARCEUTHOBIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifersplay

    Synonyms:

    Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Arceuthobium"):

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

    Holonyms ("genus 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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