Mistletoe Definition in Medical Conditions Dictionary

Mistletoe:

Parasitic plants that form a bushy growth on branches of host trees which are in the order Santalales. It includes the Christmas mistletoe family (VISCACEAE), the showy mistletoe family (LORANTHACEAE) and the catkin mistletoe family (Eremolepidaceae). The composition of toxins, lectins, tyramine, phenethylamines, and other compounds may be affected by the host.

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Viscaceae
The Christmas Mistletoe plant family of the order Santalales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. They are parasitic primarily on coniferous trees forming a drooping evergreen bush ...
Loranthaceae
The Showy Mistletoe plant family of the order Santalales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida.
Viscum album
A plant specie of the family VISCACEAE, order Santalales, subclass Rosidae. This is the traditional mistletoe of literature and Christmas.
Viscum
A plant genus in the family VISCACEAE, order Santalales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. Species of this genus contain cytotoxic lectins. The common name of MISTLETOE ...
Phoradendron
A plant genus in the family VISCACEAE, order Santalales, subclass Rosidae.
Euphorbiaceae
The spurge family of flowering plants, in the order Euphorbiales, contains some 7,500 species in 275 genera. The family consists of annual and perennial herbs ...
Rosaceae
The rose plant family in the order Rosales and class Magnoliopsida. They are generally woody plants. Plants of a number of the species of the ...

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