Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A low shrub with alder-like leaves, Fothergilla Gardeni (F. alnifolia), of the witch-hazel family, found in Virginia and North Carolina.
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Examples
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For Halloween, Foglia calls our attention to the foliage of another "witch," the witch-alder or fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii).
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