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| | Mistletoe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mistletoe is the common name for various parasitic plants of the families Santalaceae (in the section of the family formerly separated as Viscaceae) and Loranthaceae. | | | Most mistletoes are only partial parasites, bearing evergreen leaves that carry out some photosynthesis of their own, relying on the host mainly for mineral nutrients from the ground. | | | Mistletoe biodiversity is markedly higher in subtropical and tropical climates; Australia has 85 species, of which 71 are in Loranthaceae, and 14 in Santalaceae. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistletoe
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| | mistletoe on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Mistletoe is a parasite that attaches itself to trees. | | | Mistletoes are aerial hemiparasites, attaching themselves to their hosts by modified roots called haustoria, with which they absorb water and food from the host. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/m1/mistleto.asp
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| | Mistletoe data sheet |
| | Mistletoes are used by many animals, birds and insects as food sources, either by directly eating the plants and their fruits, or by using the nectar from the flowers. | | | Mistletoes are aerial parasitic plants that use other plants to obtain their water and mineral nutrients. | | | The mistletoe attachment is called a haustorium, which is usually more enlarged than the rest of the mistletoe stem, and in nearly all species occurring in South Australia, is a single attachment. |
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| | Mistletoe Management Guidelines--UC IPM |
| | Mistletoes infecting a major branch or the trunk where it cannot be pruned may be controlled by cutting off the mistletoe flush with the limb or trunk. | | | While broadleaf mistletoe seeds are dispersed by birds, dwarf mistletoe seeds are spread mostly by their forcible discharge from fruit, which can propel seeds horizontally into trees up to 30 to 40 feet away. | | | Old, mature mistletoe plants may be several feet in diameter, and on some host species, large swollen areas develop on the infected branches where the mistletoe penetrates. |
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http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7437.html
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| | botanical.com - A Modern Herbal Mistletoe - Herb Profile and Information |
| | Mistletoe is always produced by seed and cannot be cultivated in the earth like other plants, hence the ancients considered it to be an excrescence of the tree. | | | The well-known Mistletoe is an evergreen parasitic plant, growing on the branches of trees, where it forms pendent bushes, 2 to 5 feet in diameter. | | | Mistletoe is a true parasite, for at no period does it derive nourishment from the soil, or from decayed bark, like some of the fungi do - all its nourishment is obtained from its host. |
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http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mistle40.html
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| | APSnet Feature: What Does Mistletoe Have To Do With Christmas? |
| | Mistletoes are flowering plants (angiosperms) that obtain their nutrition by living on and parasitizing other plants. | | | Mistletoes are parasitic plants that directly derive all or most of their nutrition from other flowering plants during most or all of their life cycle. | | | The mistletoes originated in the tropics, where soils are typically poor in nutrition and competition within the soil between plants and microorganisms is fierce. |
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| | Botany under the Mistletoe: Science News Online, Dec. 23, 2000 |
| | Mistletoes' attacks—as good a place as any to start tracing their life cycle—usually begin with a seed hitching a ride on or in an animal, usually a bird. | | | Whereas most mistletoe plants are bits of shrubby fluff parasitizing trees, Australia's Nuytsia floribunda—itself a tree—grows an underground network that parasitizes smaller plants, such as grass and even the domesticated garden carrot. | | | A double-decker parasite, the mistletoe with the more yellow tinge, Phoradendron scabberimum, is growing on a species in the same genus. |
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| | Mistletoe |
| | Mistletoe is an evergreen plant that produces sticky seeds that are carried to tree branches by animals, birds, and rain. | | | The mistletoe removes water and essential nutrients from the host tree but mistletoe is not a complete parasite because it does make its own food. | | | Mistletoe plants are found throughout the South and are common in Florida. |
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http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/mistleto.htm
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| | Mistletoe |
| | Mistletoe is capable of growing independently since, like other plants, it is able to produce food by means of photosynthesis. | | | By the Sixteenth Century, botanists had discovered that the Mistletoe plant was actually spread by seeds which had either passed through the digestive tract of birds, or been deposited by birds sharpening their bills (to which the sticky berries had adhered) against the bark of trees. | | | Botanically, Mistletoe is a particularly interesting plant, being a partial parasite. |
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http://www.novareinna.com/festive/mistle.html
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| | Mistletoe history |
| | One legend has it that the wood of the cross of Christ was made from mistletoe, and supposedly for that reason the mistletoe plant has been doomed to live as a parasite, and is so classified today, making it condemned to live on the goodwill of other trees. | | | When the farmers and gypsies who have been gathering wild or cultivated mistletoe are ready with their annual crop for selling at the end of November, they gather at auctions in the towns of the Midlands and thereabouts and sell. | | | Shakespeare in Titus Andronicus called it “the baleful mistletoe,” no doubt referring to the fact that in large quantities the waxy white berries are toxic. |
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http://momo.essortment.com/mistletoehistor_rljx.htm
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| | The Gardener's Network : Mistletoe |
| | Mistletoe seeds are spread by birds who carry seeds stuck on their feet or beaks, and who deposit it in their droppings across a forest. | | | Mistletoe sends its roots under the host trees' bark where it taps into the trees' nutrients.While Mistletoe is a parasite, it can live as a plant in soil. | | | If you are lucky enough to find it on a low growing shrub, you can easily pick it off, and head home. |
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http://www.gardenersnet.com/flower/mistle.htm
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| | ABC Online Forum |
| | You can also grow a mistletoe on a host that isn't the one it's adapted to be like... | | | Australian mistletoes are primarily fed upon by the unique mistetoe bird, which is necessary for seed dispersal.See David Attenborough's "Secret Life of Plants' for excellent footage of birds at Enneaba. |
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| | When Mistletoe Attacks: Investigating a Forest Parasite |
| | Summary Mistletoe may prompt lovers and serendipitous strangers to share a kiss, but the parasitic plant is a nuisance to the timber industry. | | | Foresters and timber companies have tried for years to manage the spread of mistletoe in forests because of the plant's impact on their bottom line. | | | "Dwarf mistletoe is occasionally far more abundant than it might have been if the forests had matured in the presence of fire, which would have made the age structure more heterogeneous, thus reducing the threat of general mistletoe infestations," he said. |
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1220_021226_mistletoe.html
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| | Howstuffworks "How Mistletoe Works" |
| | Frame this Close view of a porcupine feeding on mistletoe in a t... | | | Art.com: Close view of a porcupine feeding on mistletoe in a tree prints available at Art.com. | | | In this article, you will find out about the plant called mistletoe, how it grows and how it is spread. |
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| | Buy Fresh Mistletoe Online |
| | Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that grows on a number of different tree species. | | | Mistletoe is pollinated through the cycle of animals consuming the plants. | | | The female plant will produce berries, and the male plant will produce pollen. |
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http://www.mistletoegift.com
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| | In Steiner's view, just as mistletoe is a parasite on a host tree, so is cancer a parasite on the human body. | | | All mistletoe species live on trees as semi-parasites, meaning they draw water and minerals from the host tree. | | | The quality and concentration of healing ingredients in commercial mistletoe preparations varies widely--depending on which species is used, which type of tree the plant was attached to, what time of year it was harvested, and other factors. |
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| | Mistletoe Extracts |
| | Mistletoe grows on several types of trees, and the chemical composition of extracts derived from it depends on the species of the host tree (e.g., apple, elm, oak, pine, poplar, and spruce), the time of year harvested, how the extracts are prepared, and the commercial producer. | | | The results of this randomized trial showed that treatment with Eurixor did not improve either 5-year disease-free survival or 5-year disease-specific survival. | | | Mistletoe is a semiparasitic plant that has been used for centuries to treat numerous human ailments. |
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http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/CDR0000269596.html
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Mistletoe |
| | The parasitic plant has yellowish flowers; small, yellowish green leaves; and waxy, white berries. | | | Mistletoe is a parasitic evergreen plant that lives on trees such as oaks, elms, firs, pines, apples, and elms. | | | Mistletoe has also been used in folk medicine as a digestive aid, heart tonic, and sedative. |
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| | PROVET HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - Mistletoe poisoning in dogs |
| | Mistletoe poisoning is rare - but it does occur in dogs, horses and cattle - particularly over Christmas and New Year. | | | In dogs it is frequently fatal and follows the ingestion of large numbers of the red fruits during the winter months. | | | PROVET HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - Mistletoe poisoning in dogs |
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| | Ancient Origins: Yule |
| | Mistletoe was used by the Druid priesthood in a very special ceremony held around this time...five days after the New Moon following winter solstice, to be precise. | | | Although many sources say that kissing under the mistletoe is a purely English custom, there's another, more charming explanation for its origin that extends back into Norse mythology. | | | The branches had to be caught before they touched the ground. |
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| | MISTLETOE |
| | The genus Viscum (signifying 'sticky') has 30 or more species. | | | The Mistletoe is an evergreen parasitic plant growing on the branches of trees, especially Apple, Ash Hawthorn and Lime trees | | | If taken as a tea, Mistletoe should always be used as a cold infusion |
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http://www.globalherbalsupplies.com/herb_information/mistletoe.htm
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| | mistletoe - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | mistletoe : Hutchinson Dictionary of Plants [home, info] | | | This is a OneLook Word of the Day, which means it might be in the news. | | | Mistletoe (European) : Glossary of Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products [home, info] |
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| | Iscador/Mistletoe in the treatment of cancer |
| | Mistletoe, or Viscum album is a semi-parasitic plant that grows on oaks and other trees in Europe and Asia. | | | It induces tumor necrosis, increases natural killer cell activity, increases production of interleukins 1 and 6; activates macrophages; induces programmed cell death (apoptosis), and protects DNA in normal cells during chemotherapy. | | | Though mistletoe is not commonly used in the United States, it is allowed by compassionate use. |
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http://www.cancure.org/iscador_mistletoe.htm
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| | National Cancer Institute - Mistletoe Extracts |
| | Mistletoe is a plant that grows on various types of trees and has been used to treat a number of disorders (see Question 1 and Question 2). | | | Laboratory studies have suggested that mistletoe may enhance the activity of immune system cells so that they release more of the chemicals that damage cancer cells (see Question 5). | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not found mistletoe products to be safe and effective in treating cancer in humans (see Question 8). |
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http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cam/mistletoe
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Mistletoe |
| | Poisoning from eating the any part of the plant but especially the berries of the mistletoe plant. | | | The toxin is found in all parts of the plant, but its highest concentration is in the leaves. |
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| | Mistletoe |
| | It may therefore be surmised that therapy with mistletoe lectins will be capable of averting the formation of metastases and the spread of malignant cells. | | | The mistletoe preparation does not merely enhance the patient’s quality of life; it also intervenes directly against the disease itself. | | | Mistletoe lectins possess these immunomodulating properties and are therefore well suited for supporting conventional forms of treatment. |
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| | Cancer Center - Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
| | Eating mistletoe is highly toxic, especially to infants and children. Patients on any type of monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor antidepressants should not take mistletoe because of a risk of tyramine crisis. This product should only be used under the supervision of a health care provider. | | | Mistletoe can be obtained in Europe and less easily in the U.S. Treatments are available in Germany for $160 (U.S.) per day. In the U.S., some patients may be eligible for enrollment in clinical trials. | | | Pharmaceutical grade mistletoe extract has minimal side effects but allergic reactions have been reported. Symptoms included anaphylactic reactions, chills, fever, headache and irregular heart rate. Elevation in body temperature and wheal formation at the site of administration are considered signs of immune system stimulation and are part of the normal therapeutic process. |
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http://cancer.ucsd.edu/Outreach/PublicEducation/CAMs/mistletoe.asp
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| | Bags |
| | Mistletoe will not include berries because they are very toxic. | | | Please select the day you would like your order to be shipped on. | | | Each sprig will measure 4" long and come with a red velvet bow and sealed in a 4x6" poly bag. |
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| | Oklahoma State Flower |
| | Mistletoe grows on trees throughout the state and is particularly bountiful in the southern regions of Oklahoma. | | | The dark green leaves and white berries show up brightly during the fall and winter in trees that have shed their own leaves. | | | Mistletoe phoradendron serotinum the oldest of Oklahoma's symbols, adopted in 1893 -- 14 years before statehood. |
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| | Crafty Visions Newsletter - 1997 Holiday Issue |
| | My question is, how does a designer, experienced in the task but new to the field, break into the designing world in an effort to become published? | | | The body construction is very easy as it is a basic pancake doll. | | | Trim hat edge with fur or yarn and top it off with a small pom pom. |
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| | Mistletoe |
| | Some claim the custom of kissing under the mistletoe originated in the British Isles in the 2nd Century B.C. For good luck and good fortune people would hang a sprig of mistletoe in their homes. | | | One thing to keep in mind, however, is that mistletoe is poisonous. | | | The Scandinavians also claim to have originated the custom by using the sprig of mistletoe to represent friendship and peace. |
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| | Mistletoe Creations - Encyclopedia |
| | The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2004 by Mistletoe Creations. |
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| | Mistletoe: Grow Your Own Mistletoe Plants |
| | Also fertile mistletoe berries for sale Dec. to April (UK only) - see order form. | | | featuring an easy, effective and natural way to grow our christmas mistletoe for yourself in | | | Mail order: please send a cheque/ postal order to the value of £2.85 per copy |
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| | Musicroom.com - Sheet Music for Musicians - Search Results |
| | There are 12 songs that match your search term Mistletoe. | | | Did you mean the song Mistletoe And Wine? | | | Did you mean the song Mistletoe And Wine [Richard, Cliff]? |
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