Found 2 items, similar to Hazel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hazel
hazel
adj : of a light brown or yellowish brown color
hazel
n 1: Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its
fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts [syn:
hazel tree
,
Pomaderris apetala]
2: the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and
the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
3: any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus
bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk [syn:
hazelnut,
hazelnut tree]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hazel
Hazel
\Ha"zel\ (h[=a]"z'l), 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
Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel
of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American
species are
Corylus Americana, which produces the common
hazelnut, and
Corylus rostrata. See
Filbert. --Gray.
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2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond.
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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.
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Hazel
\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.
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I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble.
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2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.
“Thou hast
hazel eyes.” --Shak.
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