Associations to the word «Viscum»

Wiktionary

VISCUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae   — mistletoes.

Dictionary definition

VISCUM, noun. Type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope