宿やどり木ぎ

noun

mistletoe

Refers to mistletoe, especially the European species Viscum album, but also used for Japanese mistletoe species.

• 宿やどり木ぎは他ほかの木きに寄き生せいして育そだつ。

  Mistletoe grows by parasitizing other trees.

• クリスマスには宿やどり木ぎを飾かざる習しゅう慣かんがある。

  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.

• この森もりには様さま々ざまな宿やどり木ぎが見みられる。

  Various parasitic plants can be seen in this forest.