noun
mistletoe
Refers to mistletoe, especially the European species Viscum album, but also used for Japanese mistletoe species.
宿り木は他の木に寄生して育つ。
Mistletoe grows by parasitizing other trees.
クリスマスには宿り木を飾る習慣がある。
There is a custom of decorating with mistletoe at Christmas.
noun
parasitic plant
General term for any plant that lives on another plant; less common than the specific mistletoe sense.
この森には様々な宿り木が見られる。
Various parasitic plants can be seen in this forest.
Rare kanji spelling; literally 'parasitic tree'.
Scientific term for parasitic plant; 宿り木 is the common name for mistletoe and can refer to parasitic plants in general.
From 宿り (yadori, 'lodging') + 木 (ki, 'tree'), referring to a plant that 'lodges' on trees.