Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MIS'TLE-TOE, or MIS'LE-TOE, n. [mis'lto; Sax. mistelta; Dan. mistel, the same shrub, and birdlime; G. id.]

A plant or shrub that grows on trees. It is of the genus Viscum. The berry contains a glutinous substance, and the shrub is said to be propagated by birds. This plant was held in great veneration by the Druids. Bacon. Miller. Encyc.