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Witch-hazel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A species of elm, (Ulmus montana.)

2. The hop-hornbeam, (carpinus ostrya.)

3. The Virginian witch-hazel is the Hamemelis virginica, a shrub which flowers in autumn when its leaves are falling.

Witch-hazel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The wych-elm.

2. An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn.