(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
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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 ]