(n) type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods, Syn. genus Viscum
(n) Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas, Syn. Viscum album, Old World mistletoe
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‖n.; pl.Viscera [ L., perhaps akin to E. viscid. ] (Anat.) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]