different between misletoe vs mistletoe

English

Noun

misletoe (countable and uncountable, plural misletoes)

1. Archaic form of mistletoe.

Anagrams

• lose time, melitose, mesolite

English

Etymology

From Middle English mistel-t?, mistelto (“European mistletoe; hardened berries of mistletoe used as beads”), from Old English mistelt?n, mistilt?n, mistil-t?n (“mistletoe”), from mistel (“mistletoe; basil; birdlime”) + t?n (“sprig, twig”) (which was mistaken for the plural of t? (“toe”)), equivalent to mistle +? tan (“twig”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?s(?)lt??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?s?l?to?/
• Hyphenation: mis?tle?toe

Noun

mistletoe (countable and uncountable, plural mistletoes)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).
2. (uncountable) A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.

Alternative forms

• misleto, miseltoe, misletoe, mistle-toe, misseltoe (all obsolete or archaic)

Synonyms

• miseleden, misselden, misseldine (all obsolete or archaic)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• mistle thrush
• viscin
• viscivorus
• viscotoxin

References

Further reading

• mistletoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia