witch hazel
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English[edit]
Leaf, twig, flower, seed
Alternative forms[edit]
- witch-hazel, wych-hazel, wych-hasel, wych hazel, witch-hasel, wych hasel, witch hasel, witch-hasell, wych-hasell, witch-hazell, wych-hazell
Etymology[edit]
See Middle English wiche, from Old English wiċe (“pliant, bendable, weak”). Folk etymology refers to use by witches and other sorcerers of folkish magic using the plant in potions; however, compare German Zaubernuss (“witch hazel, literally 'magic nut'”).
Noun[edit]
witch hazel (countable and uncountable, plural witch hazels)
- (countable) Any of several small deciduous trees, of the genus Hamamelis, having yellow flowers
- (US) Hamamelis virginiana (eastern North America)
- (US) Hamamelis vernalis (Ozarks).
- (uncountable) An extract of the bark and/or leaves of this plant, used as an astringent
- (obsolete) A wych-elm, or a certain subspecies of it distinguished from wych-elm.
- (obsolete, Essex) hornbeam, Carpinus betulus
Synonyms[edit]
- (Hamamelis virginiana): American witch hazel
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
tree of the genus Hamamelis
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Hamamelis virginiana
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Hamamelis vernalis
See also[edit]
Witch-hazel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Witch hazel (astringent) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hamamelis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Hamamelis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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