"witch hazel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: witch hazels [plural]
Etymology: See Middle English wiche, from Old English wiċe (“pliant, bendable, weak”). Folk etymology refers to use by witches and other sorcerers of folkish magic using the plant in potions; however, compare German Zaubernuss (“witch hazel, literally 'magic nut'”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wiche}} Middle English wiche, {{inh|en|ang|wiċe||pliant, bendable, weak}} Old English wiċe (“pliant, bendable, weak”), {{cog|de|Zaubernuss||witch hazel, literally 'magic nut'}} German Zaubernuss (“witch hazel, literally 'magic nut'”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} witch hazel (countable and uncountable, plural witch hazels)
  1. (countable) Any of several small deciduous trees, of the genus Hamamelis, having yellow flowers
    (US) Hamamelis virginiana (eastern North America)
    Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Birch family plants, Rosales order plants, Saxifragales order plants Derived forms: witch-hazel cone gall aphid (taxonomic: Hormaphis hamamelidis) Related terms: Hamamelis Translations (Hamamelis virginiana): вирджински орех (virdžinski oreh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ᎦᎾᏑᏛᎶ (ganasudvlo) (Cherokee), café du diable [masculine] (French), herbstblühende Zaubernuss (German), virginische Zaubernuss [feminine] (German), coll Virginiach [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-witch_hazel-en-noun-dfwcylsx Disambiguation of Birch family plants: 42 27 7 6 18 Disambiguation of Rosales order plants: 51 20 10 10 9 Disambiguation of Saxifragales order plants: 48 28 7 6 11 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 22 3 13 10 Synonyms: witch-hazel, wych-hazel, wych-hasel, wych hazel, witch-hasel, wych hasel, witch hasel, witch-hasell, wych-hasell, witch-hazell, wych-hazell Synonyms (Hamamelis virginiana): American witch hazel Disambiguation of 'Hamamelis virginiana': 56 28 1 3 12 Disambiguation of 'Hamamelis virginiana': 56 28 1 3 12
  2. (countable) Any of several small deciduous trees, of the genus Hamamelis, having yellow flowers
    (US) Hamamelis vernalis (Ozarks).
    Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-witch_hazel-en-noun-aNnsRmrP Categories (other): American English
  3. (uncountable) An extract of the bark and/or leaves of this plant, used as an astringent Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-witch_hazel-en-noun-HsIjImfa
  4. (obsolete) A wych-elm, or a certain subspecies of it distinguished from wych-elm. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-witch_hazel-en-noun-u2r3FuRA
  5. (obsolete, Essex) hornbeam, Carpinus betulus Tags: Essex, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-witch_hazel-en-noun-6WXtmkd8 Categories (other): Essex English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (tree of the genus Hamamelis): ᎤᏂᎩᎾ (unigina) (Cherokee), toverhazelaar [common-gender] (Dutch), taikapähkinä (Finnish), Zaubernuss [feminine] (German), oczar [masculine] (Polish), hamamelis [neuter] (Romanian), trollhassel [common-gender] (Swedish), collen ystwyth [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'tree of the genus Hamamelis': 47 47 1 2 4

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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "virdžinski oreh",
      "sense": "Hamamelis virginiana",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вирджински орех"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ganasudvlo",
      "sense": "Hamamelis virginiana",
      "word": "ᎦᎾᏑᏛᎶ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Hamamelis virginiana",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "café du diable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hamamelis virginiana",
      "word": "herbstblühende Zaubernuss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hamamelis virginiana",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virginische Zaubernuss"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Hamamelis virginiana",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coll Virginiach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witch hazel"
}

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