MISTLETOE in a Sentence

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Monastic communities are to the great social community what the mistletoe is to the oak, what the wart is to the human body.

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 Meanings and Examples of MISTLETOE
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mistletoe
 n.  an evergreen plant that grows on trees, with small, white fruits and pale yellow flowers
Classic Sentence:
1  that I kissed under the mistletoe.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
2  Monastic communities are to the great social community what the mistletoe is to the oak, what the wart is to the human body.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT
Example Sentence:
1  The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.