ˌhaməˌmeləˈdāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Hamamelid-, Hamamelis, type genus + -aceae
: a family of shrubs and trees (order Rosales) having small often clustered flowers and a bicarpellate bilocular ovary and comprising the witch hazels and related plants — see fothergilla , hamamelis
• ham·a·mel·i·da·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dāshəs adjective