About The Word Hazel
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Hazel
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What's The Definition Of Hazel?
[n] any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
[n] the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) [n] Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts [adj] of a light brown or yellowish brown color Synonyms | Synonyms for Hazel: chromatic | hazelnut | hazelnut tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Hazel: beige | brown | brownish | brownish-yellow | brunet | chocolate | cinnamon | cocoa | cocoa-brown | coffee | coffee-brown | drab | dun | dun-brown | dun-drab | ecru | fawn | fawn-colored | fuscous | grege | khaki | lurid | nut-brown | olive-brown | olive-drab | seal | seal-brown | sepia | snuff-colored | sorrel | tan | taupe | tawny | toast | toast-brown | umber | umber-colored | walnut | walnut-brown | yellowish-brown See Also | American hazel | beaked hazelnut | cob | cobnut | Corylus | Corylus americana | Corylus avellana | Corylus avellana grandis | Corylus cornuta | filbert | genus Corylus | genus Pomaderris | hazel | hazel tree | nut tree | Pomaderris | Pomaderris apetala | tree | wood Hazel In Webster's Dictionary \Ha"zel\, n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[ae]sel; akin to D.
hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw.
hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus {Corylus}, as
the {C. avellana}, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a
mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species
are {C. Americana}, which produces the common hazelnut,
and {C. rostrata}. See {Filbert}. --Gray.
2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond.
{Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
{Hazel grouse} (Zo["o]l.), a European grouse ({Bonasa
betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
{Hazel hoe}, a kind of grub hoe.
{Witch hazel}. See {Witch-hazel}, and {Hamamelis}.
\Ha"zel\, a. 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand. I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble. 2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. ``Thou hast hazel eyes.'' --Shak. |
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