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an important nectar source for birds, butterflies, brushtail possums and yellow-bellied gliders. The mistletoes flower abundantly every year, while other nectar sources - such as their host eucalypts - flower irregularly. About 25 species of native butterflies and moths also feed on mistletoes during their larval stage. Of those, eight species of delias are entirely dependent on mistletoe. ...
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| mistletoe |
a parasitic plant with white berries, traditionally used as a Christmas decoration
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| mistletoe |
is thought to be based on a German word for bird excrement (mix) from the fact that the plant is propagated in it, though there is also a theory that the term derived from another German word (mash) which refers to the stickiness of the berries. It is combined with an Old English word (toe) meaning 'twig'. This shrub usually grows on broad-leaved trees like apple, lime, and poplar.
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