Viscum

Definition: Viscum

Viscum

Noun

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

Etymology: Viscum \Vis"cum\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Viscum

Domain	Definitions
Health	A genus of Old World parasitic plants of the Loranthaceae. Viscum album and Phorandendron flavescens were formerly used as emmenagogues, cardiac stimulants, and vasodilators. The plants contain toxins, lectins, tyramine, phenethylamines, and other useful or dangerous compounds. (references)
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Synonym: Viscum

Synonym: genus Viscum (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Viscum

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Connection	Cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Viscum

English words defined with "Viscum": genus Viscum ♦ Viscin, Viscum album. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Viscum": Oleanolic Acid ♦ sinker root. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Viscum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (anything sticky, birdlime made from mistletoe, mistletoe, viscous).

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Commercial Usage: Viscum

Domain	Title
Books	Mistletoe: The Genus Viscum (Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Industrial Profiles) (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Viscum

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Expressions: Viscum

Expressions using "Viscum": genus Viscum ♦ viscum album. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Viscum

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
viscum album	11
viscum	3
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Modern Translations: Viscum

Language		Translations for "Viscum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hebrew		�"בקון. (various references)

Pig Latin		iscumvay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Viscum"

Words rhyming with "Viscum" (pronounced 'Vis"cum'): Caecum, Crincum, Crincum-crancum, Mesocaecum, molluscum, talcum, Tucum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Viscum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-i-m-s-u-v"
	-1 letter: music.
	-2 letters: scum, vims.
	-3 letters: cis, cum, ism, mis, mus, sic, sim, sum, vim, vis.
	-4 letters: is, mi, mu, si, um, us.
	Words containing the letters "c-i-m-s-u-v"
	+3 letters: muscovite, viaticums, vinculums, vulcanism.
	+4 letters: calvariums, chauvinism, colluviums, combustive, compulsive, muscovites, vulcanisms.
	+5 letters: chauvinisms, circumvents, compulsives, consumptive, exclusivism, microvillus, mischievous.
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