0 an evergreen plant (= one that never loses its leaves) that grows on trees, with small, white fruits and pale yellow flowers. Mistletoe is often used as a Christmas decoration, and it is traditional to kiss someone under it:
1 an evergreen plant with small white fruits and pale yellow flowers that is used esp. as a Christmas decoration
Tree abundance, infested-tree abundance and mistletoe abundance were different among host species.
Contrasting cascades: insectivorous birds increase pine but not parasitic mistletoe growth.
However, cedar waxwings could be a better dispersal agent than gray silky-flycatchers because of their gregarious behaviour and abundance during the mistletoe fruit season.
Frequency of birds' visits to host species varied depending on the tree, infested-tree, or mistletoe abundance.
However, not all mistletoes have seeds that germinate most successfully after regurgitation.
Frugivorous birds play an important role in parasitic mistletoe transmission among host species.
That variation in host species selection by frugivorous birds had a direct effect on mistletoe dispersion was hypothesized.
The quality of dispersal of mistletoe seeds in this study was greatest when the method of seed disposal by frugivorous birds was regurgitation.
