The Unspeakable (or blank)

Symbol: the Unspeakable

Sound value: U

Literal meaning: blank or Unspeakable*

Not spoken

 

* “The unhewn dolmen arch” attributed to mistletoe by the modern author Robert Graves

Northwest Europe

MISTLETOE

(Viscum album)

Features: Evergreen, woody parasite of tree branches (Santalaceae Family)

Uses: Christmas decoration. Medicinal uses.

North Central Florida

MISTLETOE

(Phoradendron leucarpum)

Features: Evergreen, woody parasite of tree branches (Santalaceae Family)

Uses: Medicinal uses.^

^Floridata

Mistletoe in oak

Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum), Keystone Heights, Florida

Mistletoe

Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum), Keystone Heights, Florida