WITCH HAZEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does witch hazel mean? 

• WITCH HAZEL (noun)
  The noun WITCH HAZEL has 2 senses:

1. any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion

2. lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant

  Familiarity information: WITCH HAZEL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITCH HAZEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

witch hazel; witch hazel plant; wych hazel; wych hazel plant

Hypernyms ("witch hazel" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "witch hazel"):

Hamamelis virginiana; Virginian witch hazel (common shrub of eastern North America having small yellow flowers after the leaves have fallen)

Hamamelis vernalis; vernal witch hazel (fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring)

Holonyms ("witch hazel" is a member of...):

genus Hamamelis; Hamamelis (deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

witch hazel; wych hazel

Hypernyms ("witch hazel" is a kind of...):

application; lotion (liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin)