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wych-hazel

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noun

  1. a variant spelling of witch hazel

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The wych-hazel, notwithstanding its name, is nothing akin to the "corylus" but a true elm.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

Every autumnal Sunday they spent hours together in the woods, from which the Seraph would bring home gentians, wych-hazel and a lyric, and Sigurd a ruff all tangled up with burrs.

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee

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