parasitic plant vs mistletoe family

mistletoe family vs parasitic plant

parasitic plant and mistletoe family both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parasitic plant	Yes	No	No	No
mistletoe family	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mistletoe family is a hyponym of parasitic plant; that is, mistletoe family is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than parasitic plant:

parasitic plant: plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
mistletoe family: in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria

Other hyponyms of parasitic plant include Parasitaxus ustus, parasite yew, buckleya, Buckleya distichophylla, bastard toadflax, Comandra pallida, buffalo nut, Pyrularia pubera, rabbitwood, family Loranthaceae, Loranthaceae, Loranthus europaeus, mistletoe, American mistletoe, Arceuthobium pusillum, Christmas tree, fire tree, flame tree, Nuytsia floribunda, mistletoe, Old World mistletoe, Viscum album, false mistletoe, mistletoe, hemiparasite, semiparasite.

parasitic plant (noun)	mistletoe family (noun)
plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it	in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
	in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae

Difference between parasitic plant and mistletoe family

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