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mistletoe (medicine)


mistletoe
<botany> Bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit.

Alternative forms: misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.

The mistletoe of the United States is Phoradendron flavescens, having broader leaves than the European kind. In different regions various similar plants are called by this name.

Origin: AS. Misteltan; mistel mistletoe + tan twig. AS. Mistel is akin of D, G, Dan. & Sw. Mistel, OHG. Mistil, Icel. Mistilteinn; and AS. Tan to D. Teen, OHG. Zein, Icel. Teinn, Goth. Tains. Cf. Missel.

Source: Websters Dictionary


gnome(2) (iou)



gnome noun2. M17.
[French from mod. Latin gnomus used by Paracelsus as a synonym of Pygmaeus.]
A member of a legendary subterranean race of diminutive beings, typically represented as bearded old men and supposedly guardians of the earth's treasure; a goblin, a dwarf. M17.
A statue or figure of a gnome, esp. one used as a Garden ornament. M20.
An international, esp. Swiss, financier or banker, regarded as having sinister influence. Chiefly in gnomes of Zurich, Zurich gnome. colloq. M20.