Viscin \Vis"cin\, n. (Chem.)
A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the
mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe ({Viscum album}), holly,
etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.
Viscum album
n : Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems
with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries;
the traditional mistletoe of Christmas [syn: {mistletoe},
{Old World mistletoe}]