witch hazel plant

1. 1.

   any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion

   Synonymswitch hazelwych hazelwych hazel plant

   Broadershrub

   NarrowerVirginian witch hazelvernal witch hazel

   Part ofHamamelis

Questions about witch hazel plant

What does witch hazel plant mean?

witch hazel plant means "any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion".

What is another word for witch hazel plant?

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

witch hazel plant 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.