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Explore 1 shrub entries and compare their symbolic meanings across named religious, mythic, folkloric, and modern spiritual traditions.

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Shrub · Evergreen

Mistletoe

Viscum album

An evergreen parasitic plant associated with rare ritual harvest, healing, peace, fertility, death, and vulnerable protection.

Ancient Gaulish religion in Roman accountsRitual potency, healing, and fertility

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