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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: chromatic, hazelnut, hazelnut tree
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
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