noun, masculine/a.ma.me.li/
hamamelis, witch hazel (delicious tree of the genus Hamamelis); witch hazel (extract derived from this plant)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem-der. Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́μᾰ (hắmă) Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς (hămămēlĭ́s)lbor. French hamamélis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς (hămămēlĭ́s). Coined by Jan Frederik Gronovius.