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.... How many of you know it is the official state flower of Oklahoma? ... the white 
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hardens and attaches the seed firmly to its future host. Ecological importance. 
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branch infections, but individual branches may be weakened or sometimes killed.

Question: This "kissing" shrub, the state flower of Oklahoma, sometimes kills the tree that serves as its host
Answer: Mistletoe