winter hazel
noun
: any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees (genus Corylopsis) that are closely related to the witch hazels and are sometimes cultivated for their yellow flowers which appear in nodding racemes subtended by large bracts before the unfolding of the leaves
called also flowering hazel
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“Winter hazel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winter%20hazel. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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