mistletoe

IPA: mˈɪsʌɫtoʊ

(countable, uncountable) 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).
(uncountable) 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.

Examples of "mistletoe" in Sentences

A Christmas kiss under the mistletoe is an old English tradition.
The Chairman: I have noticed that the mistletoe was a bad parasite on the pecans in some regions.
In other words, the mistletoe is another vestige of beliefs that existed long before Christianity.
The mistletoe is a shrub which grows or lives upon certain trees, such as the apple, pear, and hawthorn.
Kissing under a mistletoe is a green-friendly seasonal activity, so is helping out at a soup kitchen, or running a coat drive.
The mistletoe is a fascinating plant, a parasite that behaves like a vampire, sucking out water and minerals from living trees.
Druidic world would see, honestly, that in the mistletoe is their mystery, and that they themselves are the Tuatha De Danaan, alive, but submerged.
The mistletoe has been the object of a very special regard for centuries, and traces of this high esteem still survive in the well-known Christmas custom.
But the fact that in both the mistletoe was a sacred plant affords a violent presumption that there must have been a common point from which both religions started.
-- The word "mistletoe" comes from the Anglo-Saxon words for "dung" ( 'mistel') and the word for "twig" ( 'tan'), which appropriately describe mistletoe's origin of sprouting where a bird leaves its droppings.