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Hazel

Hazel Definition And Meaning
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.

Hazel Definition And Meaning

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

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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