Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
mistle .
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Examples
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-- The word "mistletoe" comes from the Anglo-Saxon words for "dung" ( 'mistel') and the word for "twig" ( 'tan'), which appropriately describe mistletoe's origin of sprouting where a bird leaves its droppings.
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My father has given her pure mistel powder every day and she is alive until now.
A&E's Bob DeBitetto is Keeping the Creative Juices Flowing 2007
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'mistletoe' is said to derive from the Anglo-Saxon words 'mistel' meaning dung and 'tan,' the word for twig - a reference to the fact that birds eat the mistletoe berries and deposit its seeds in their droppings along the branches where the birds perch.
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