witch hazel

Questions about witch hazel

What does witch hazel mean?

witch hazel means "any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for witch hazel?

Close synonyms include witch hazel plant, wych hazel, wych hazel plant, wych 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 witch hazel a common word?

witch hazel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.