hamamelis
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
When he arrived she bathed his battle-scarred features with hamamelis, which is just the same as Pond's Extract, but doesn't cost so much, and told him the other girls had acted foolishly.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
A pungent odour exactly like that of extract of hamamelis met his nostrils.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
Eighteen genera compose the sub-tropical family in which hamamelis is the type.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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