Definition of Arceuthobium pusillum

1. Noun. Small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees.

Exact synonyms: American Mistletoe
Group relationships: Arceuthobium, Genus Arceuthobium
Generic synonyms: Parasitic Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arceuthobium Pusillum

Arbutus unedo
Arbëresh
Arbëreshë Albanian
Arc de Triomphe
Arca
Arcadia
Arcadian
Arcadians
Arcadic
Arcado-Cypriot
Arcady
Arcanobacterium
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
Arcellidae
Arceuthobium
Arceuthobium pusillum (current term)
Archaean
Archaebacteria
Archaeopteryx lithographica
Archaeornithes
Archaeozoic
Archaeozoic aeon
Archaic Latin
Archangel
Archea
Archean
Archean aeon
Archean eon
Archebacteria
Archenemy

Literary usage of Arceuthobium pusillum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"The reduction in shoot height, systemic broom formation, spring flowering, and rapid fruit maturation seen in Arceuthobium pusillum may represent ..."

2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"Arceuthobium pusillum AT MT. DESERT.— Since the discovery of the Dwarf Mistletoe in abundance on Isle au Haut in East ..."

3. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"Jack, JG Arceuthobium pusillum in Massachusetts. Rhodora 2:6-8, pi. 13. 1900. Jones, LR Arceuthobium pusillum on a new host in Vermont. Rhodora 2: 8-9, pi. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Some large brooms formed by Arceuthobium pusillum on the black spruce were shown, and the occurrence of this species on the red spruce in the southern ..."

5. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1902)
"Arceuthobium pusillum, on Picea rubra. Trelease. ROBINSON, BL, Lechea major in New Hampshire. (Rhodora. IV. Febr. 1902. p. 28. ..."

6. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1877)
"Arceuthobium pusillum. PECK, Report to Albany Institute. New York. Arceuthobium Americanum, NUTT. PORTER, 1. c., 493. Wyoming. ..."

7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"In the winter of 1871 a tiny mistletoe, Arceuthobium pusillum, was found growing on the black spruce in Warren and Renselaer Counties, New York. ..."

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