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Webster 1913 Edition


Viscum


Vis′cum

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Noun.
[L.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.
2.
Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe.

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Viscum

Viscum

See also: viscum

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Viscum n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae mistletoes.

viscum

viscum

See also: Viscum

Latin

Alternative forms

Noun

viscum n (genitive viscī); second declension

  1. mistletoe
  2. birdlime made from this plant

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative viscum visca
genitive viscī viscōrum
dative viscō viscīs
accusative viscum visca
ablative viscō viscīs
vocative viscum visca

Derived terms

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