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Definition of Hazel tree
1. Noun. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts.
Terms within: Hazel
Generic synonyms: Tree
Group relationships: Genus Pomaderris, Pomaderris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazel Tree
Literary usage of Hazel tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"(11) For Cinderella has jumped down, run to hazel-tree, laid her clothes on grave
... (12) Next day, when they go to ball, she goes to hazel-tree, and asks, ..."
2. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1840)
"Shakspeare thus describes one of his heroines:—"Kate, like the hazel tree, is
straight and slender, brown in hue as hazel nuts, and sweeter than the kernels ..."
3. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"Twine ye in a jocund ring, Sing and trip it merrily, Hand to hand, and wing to
wing, Round the wild witch-hazel tree. Hail the wanderer again With dance and ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Hand to hand, and wing to wing, Round the wild witch-hazel tree. Hail the wanderer
again With dance and song, and lute and lyre; Pure his wing and strong ..."
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