vernal witch hazel

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   fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring

   SynonymsHamamelis vernalis

   Broaderwitch hazel

Questions about vernal witch hazel

What does vernal witch hazel mean?

vernal witch hazel means "fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring".

What is another word for vernal witch hazel?

Close synonyms include Hamamelis vernalis. 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 vernal witch hazel a common word?

vernal witch hazel 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.