hamamelis virginiana

1. 1.

   common shrub of eastern North America having small yellow flowers after the leaves have fallen

   SynonymsVirginian witch hazel

   Broaderwitch hazel

Questions about hamamelis virginiana

What does hamamelis virginiana mean?

hamamelis virginiana means "common shrub of eastern North America having small yellow flowers after the leaves have fallen".

What is another word for hamamelis virginiana?

Close synonyms include Virginian witch hazel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hamamelis virginiana a common word?

hamamelis virginiana is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.