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Definition of Misletoes
1. misletoe [n] - See also: misletoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misletoes
Literary usage of Misletoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1882)
"But several seedling misletoes, growing close together on the same branch, may
more truly bo said to struggle with each other. ..."
2. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1839)
"People shake off the misletoes, who have hitherto been free to flatter, bul who
are now unable to advise or defend them. The men who are at the top of the ..."
3. Travels in North America: With Geological Observations on the United States by Charles Lyell (1845)
"... near Weldon, I saw numerous misletoes with their white berries. The Pine
Barrens retain much of their verdure in winter, and were interesting to me from ..."
4. A Memoir of Hugh Lawson White: Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Nancy N. Scott (1856)
"He is nothing but a mere tuft of political misletoes, having no root of his own,
adhering to and supported by, the limb of a distinct trunk altogether, ..."
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