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hamamelis

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/ ˌhæməˈmiːlɪs /

noun

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

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Her sites’ dozens of witch-hazels, or hamamelis, produce yellow, red or orange flowers as early as January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2015

And where did the Gordons keep their hamamelis bottle?

From The Camerons of Highboro by Beth Bradford Gilchrist

A lotion of one ounce glycerine, one ounce rose-water, ten drops of carbolic acid, and forty drops of hamamelis, is excellent to use on the hands before they are dried each time they are washed.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

At the Cameron farm there were two hamamelis bottles, one in the bath-room, the other on a shelf in the kitchen.

From The Camerons of Highboro by Beth Bradford Gilchrist

After the skin of the leg has thoroughly dried off, an infriction of alcohol or distilled extract of hamamelis is given the parts and the cotton and bandages are readjusted.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

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