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Definition of Hazel

1. Adjective. Of a light brown or yellowish brown color.

2. Noun. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts.

3. Noun. The fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris).

4. Noun. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk.

5. Noun. A shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes.

Definition of Hazel

1. n. 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.

2. a. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.

Definition of Hazel

1. Proper noun. (given name female from=English) from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname topographic from=Middle English dot=) for someone who lived near a hazel tree. ¹

3. Noun. A tree or shrub of the genus ''Corylus'', bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. ¹

4. Noun. The nut of the hazel tree. ¹

5. Noun. The wood of a hazelnut tree. ¹

6. Noun. A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut. ¹

7. Adjective. Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hazel

1. a shrub [n -S] - See also: shrub

Medical Definition of Hazel

1. 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 colour, like the hazelnut. "Thou hast hazel eyes." 3. 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. 4. A miner's name for freestone. Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. 5. Hazel grouse, 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. Origin: OE. Hasel, AS. Haesel; akin to D. Hazelaar, G. Hazel, OHG. Hasal, hasala, Icel. Hasl, Dan & Sw. Hassel, L. Corylus, for cosylus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazel

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