hamamelis

/ (ˌhæməˈmiːlɪs) /

noun

any of several trees or shrubs constituting the hamameliaceous genus Hamamelis, native to E Asia and North America and cultivated as ornamentalsSee witch hazel

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Words nearby hamamelis

hamadryas baboon, hamadān, hamal, hamamatsu, hamamelidaceous, hamamelis, haman, hamantasch, hamantash, hamartia, hamartiology

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Example sentences from the Web for hamamelis

I rely upon it more faithfully than I do upon Hamamelis, sculus, etc.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers|Various
Eighteen genera compose the sub-tropical family in which hamamelis is the type.
Trees Worth Knowing|Julia Ellen Rogers
Hamamelis will frequently arrest nose-bleed immediately after one or two doses.
An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing Art|B. L. Hill
Perhaps Hamamelis would have at once cured, but it was not at hand.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers|Various

At the Cameron farm there were two hamamelis bottles, one in the bath-room, the other on a shelf in the kitchen.
The Camerons of Highboro|Beth B. Gilchrist