noun
- Any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains.
- synonyms: witch alder
- Small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States.
- synonyms: genus Fothergilla
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