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Significados de mistletoe em inglês

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Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas.

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American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe.

Shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks.

Uso de mistletoe em inglês
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Tansy will work, too, but it can be more dangerous than mistletoe.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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But holly and mistletoe almost certainly played a part in the celebration.
The Guardian
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The mistletoe hung under the tester just as he had placed it.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
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What I have said about the woodpecker applies also to the mistletoe.
Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification
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To-morrow eager fingers would be gathering the mistletoe to decorate the house.
The Bride of the Mistletoe
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Great balls of mistletoe hang in the trees, and hawks hover overhead.
The Irish Times
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But mistle thrushes are not actually very efficient at distributing mistletoe seeds.
BBC
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Every chandelier and door had a piece of mistletoe fastened above it.
Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl
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The ceiling's of blackened beams, and dried mistletoe hangs on the wall.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
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She'd searched the Druid circle after gathering mistletoe from the oak grove.
Celtic fire
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I was to have the rose, the diamond buckle and the mistletoe.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
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Set on the slab was a bowl filled with ripe mistletoe berries.
Immortal wolf
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It's not as dangerous as mistletoe or tansy, but not always effective, either.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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The mistletoe cactus is the only cactus that grows outside the New World.
The Guardian
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He had even gathered mistletoe here to send to friends in the East.
Forty-one Thieves: A Tale of California
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Homes are decorated with special Hogswatch trees, not to mention holly, ivy, mistletoe.
The folklore of discworld
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