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Webster 1913 Edition

Witch-hazel

Witch′-haˊzel

,
Noun.
[See
Wych-elm
, and
Hazel
.]
(Bot.)
The wych-elm.
(b)
An American shrub or small tree (
Hamamelis Virginica
), which blossoms late in autumn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Witch-hazel

WITCH-HAZEL

,
Noun.
1.
A species of elm, (Ulmus montana.)
2.
The hop-hornbeam, (carpinus ostrya.)
The Virginian witch-hazel is the Hamemelis virginica, a shrub which flowers in autumn when its leaves are falling.

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