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witan
Witbank
witch
witch doctor
witch elm
witch grass
witch hazel
witch-hunt
witchcraft
witchery
witches’ brew
witches’ broom
witches’ butter
witches’ Sabbath
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witch hazel

witch ha·zel (plural witch ha·zels or witch ha·zel)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. bush with yellow flowers: a tree or bush that has toothed egg-shaped leaves and blooms in fall or winter. Flowers: small, yellow with strap-shaped petals. Genus Hamamelis.

2. soothing lotion: a mixture of water, alcohol, and extract from the bark and dried leaves of the witch hazel. Use: astringent, embrocation.

[< Old English wice (see wych elm)]
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