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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. There are approximately 3,000 parasitic angiosperms in 15 plant families, and almost all are dicotyledonous.
The Chief Druid would cut off sprigs for distribution to the people, who hung them over their doorways for protection against thunder and lightning. Mistletoe features in the mythology of several cultures. It is a parasite that grows on a variety of trees, including the apple and the oak. Because mistletoe remained green throughout the winter when the sacred oak was without leaves, it was assumed that the plant contained the life, the magical essence, of its sacred oak.