Thesaurus: hazel

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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. n. A miner's name for freestone.
3. a. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
4. a. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.
5. adj. of a light brown or yellowish brown color
6. n. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
7. n. the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
8. n. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
9. n. 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
10. 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 (Zoöl.), 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. 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.
11. A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana,bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; thefilbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces thecommon hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. Gray.
12. j:70/n:30 n. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts n. the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) n. 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 s. of a light brown or yellowish brown color