Definition of "witch-hazel" [witch•-ha•zel]

• Alternative spelling of witch hazel. (noun)

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• "Ms. Yang spends time in her back garden year round, tending to the two-story witch-hazel tree, bamboo, mountain laurel, azaleas and rhododendrons that her husband pruned."
• "Then from a gallon bottle she splashed witch-hazel liniment over his bare upper body and began to knead his neck, shoulders, arms, and back."
• "Plants found in the understory include wild pomegranate (Burchellia bubalina), black witch-hazel (Trichocladus clinitus), seven weeks fern (Rumohra adiantiformis), and Cape primrose (Streptocarpus spp.)."