mistletoe
Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white…Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).
» Tom kissed Mary under the mistletoe.
Tom küsste Maria unter dem Mistelzweig.
Значення
значень: 2(злічуване, незлічуване)Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).
(all obsolete or archaic)
Mistel
оме́лаoméla
омелаomela
(незлічуване)A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.
- shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
- Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
- American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
Приклади
речень: 8Tom kissed Mary under the mistletoe.
deTom küsste Maria unter dem Mistelzweig. — Manfredo
There was mistletoe and holly everywhere.
Mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration.
Омелу часто використовують як різдвяну прикрасу. — deniko
Tom kissed Mary under the mistletoe on Christmas Eve.
I kissed him under the mistletoe.
ruЯ поцеловала его под омелой. — Wezel
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English mistelto, mistilto (“European mistletoe”), from Old English misteltānFrom Middle English mistelto, mistilto (“European mistletoe”), from Old English misteltān (“mistletoe”), from mistel (“mistletoe; basil; birdlime”) + tān (“sprig, shoot, twig”), possibly as a calque of Old Norse mistilteinn; equivalent to mistle + tan (“twig”). This was mistaken for the plural of tā (“toe”).
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Форми
множина: mistletoesСиноніми
синонімів: 7- shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks:Loranthus europaeus
- Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas:Viscum albumOld World mistletoe
- American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe:false mistletoe
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