witch hazel

See also: witch-hazel

English

Hamamelis virginiana
Leaf, twig, flower, seed

Alternative forms

• witch-hazel

Etymology

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

witch hazel (countable and uncountable, plural witch hazels)

1. (countable) Any of several small deciduous trees, of the genus Hamamelis, having yellow flowers
   1. (US) Hamamelis virginiana (eastern North America)
   2. (US) (Ozarks).
2. (uncountable) An extract of the bark and/or leaves of this plant, used as an astringent

Synonyms

• (Hamamelis virginiana): American witch hazel

Translations

tree of the genus Hamamelis

• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᎩᎾ (unigina)
• Dutch: toverhazelaar c
• German: Zaubernuss (de) f
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• Polish: oczar m
• Romanian: hamamelis (ro) n
• Ukrainian: лі́щина (líščyna)

Hamamelis virginiana

• French: café du diable (fr) m
• German: herbstblühende Zaubernuss, virginische Zaubernuss f
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• Irish: coll Virginiach m

Hamamelis vernalis

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See also

• Witch-hazel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Witch hazel (astringent) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:commonslite
• Hamamelis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies