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hamamelis|hæməˈmiːlɪs|
[mod.L. (J. F. Gronovius in Linnæus Genera Plantarum (ed. 2, 1742), a. Gr. ἁµαµηλίς medlar.]
A shrub or small tree of the genus so called, which is native to North America and Eastern Asia, belongs to the family Hamamelidaceæ, and includes several species bearing yellow flowers late in winter before the leaves appear; a witch-hazel. Also, the extract made from the leaves and bark of Hamamelis virginiana. So hamaˈmelin, the dried extract.
1743J. Bartram Observ. Trav. Pensilvania to Canada 19 July (1751) 35 Now we came to most excellent level ground..full of tall timber..and shrubs, as opulus, green maple, hornbeam, hamamelis. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. 332 Witch Hazel, Hamamelis. 1890Billings Med. Dict., Hamamelin, name given to a dry powdered extract of hamamelis. 1898Rev. Brit. Pharm. 10 Fresh hamamelis-leaves are macerated in a little more than double their volume of water and alcohol. 1900M. Thorn in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening xi. 386 The Hamamelis here mentioned may be propagated by grafting in February or early March. 1910Practitioner July 128 Dry skins..must be cleaned with cold cream,..Any teleangiectasis must be treated with very hot water, to which is added hamamelis. 1911J. U. Lloyd in Bull. Lloyd Libr. xviii. 47 The preparation known as distilled hamamelis, or distilled extract of hamamelis, introduced by Pond about the middle of the nineteenth century. 1941R. C. Wren Potter's Cycl. Bot. Drugs (ed. 5) 376 The concentration ‘Hamamelin’ is used for piles mostly in form of suppositories. 1949National Formulary (B.M.A.) 79 Suppositories, each containing 3 gr of dry extract of hamamelis, to be dispensed. 1969Jrnl. Roy. Hort. Soc. XCIV. 85 Hamamelis should be planted, if possible, not too far from the house. |