arceuthobium

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1. genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	american mistletoe, arceuthobium pusillum,
definition	:	small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family loranthaceae, loranthaceae, mistletoe family,
definition	:	in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria (noun.plant)