mistletoe

[ˈmɪsltəʊ] [ˈmɪsltoʊ]
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-UNCOUNT
    槲寄生(在英国和美国作为圣诞节时的装饰品,人们常在该植物下接吻)
    Mistletoe is a plant with pale berries that grows on the branches of some trees. Mistletoe is used in Britain and the United States as a Christmas decoration, and people often kiss under it.
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
    2. Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
    3. shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
行业词典
  • 医学: 槲寄生:桑寄生科中几种有关的寄生灌木,寄生在苹果树及其他多种落叶树上,包括欧洲槲寄生(Viscum album L)及黄美洲寄生子(Phorandendron flavescens);槲寄生制剂有催产、通经、心兴奋及血管扩张作用。其毒性成分有加压胺、β-苯乙胺、酪胺。槲寄生也是槲寄生素的胶质成分的来源;
    林学: 槲寄生;