Definition of hazel Hazel

/hejˈzʌl/ - [heyzul] - ha•zel

We found 19 definitions of hazel from 6 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: hazels

hazel - Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
  hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala
  tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
  genus pomaderris, pomaderris a genus of Australasian shrubs and trees
hazel - the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
  wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"
  hazelnut tree, hazelnut, hazel nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
hazel - 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
  brownness, brown an orange of low brightness and saturation
hazel - any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
  hazelnut, hazelnut tree
  nut tree tree bearing edible nuts
  corylus, genus corylus deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae
  cobnut, filbert, hazelnut, cob small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
  hazel 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
  american hazel, corylus americana nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America
  corylus avellana, corylus avellana grandis, cobnut, filbert small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

Adjective

hazel, hazeller, hazellest

hazel - of a light brown or yellowish brown color
  chromatic being or having or characterized by hue
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • hazel (Noun)
    A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
  • hazel (Noun)
    The nut of the hazel tree.
  • hazel (Noun)
    The wood of a hazelnut tree.
  • hazel (Noun)
    A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
  • hazel (Noun)
    freestone.
  • hazel (Adjective)
    Of a greenish- brown colour.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hazel (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.
  • hazel (n.)
    A miner's name for freestone.
  • hazel (a.)
    Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
  • hazel (a.)
    Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • hazel
    The plant that produces the hazelnut. Botanical name: Corylus avellana.
  • hazel
    A deep red-orange colour, including the colour of hazelnuts; RAL Code 8011.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • hazel
    hā′zl, n. a bush or small tree of genus Corylus, of the oak family (Cupuliferæ), yielding an ovoid bony nut enclosed in a leafy involucre.—adj. pertaining to the hazel: of a light-brown colour, like a hazel-nut.—n. Hā′zeline, an alcoholic distillate from the Witch Hazel.—adj. Hā′zelly, light brown like the hazel-nut.—n. Hā′zel-nut, the nut of the hazel-tree. [A.S. hæsel; Ger. hasel, Ice. hasl, L. corulus.]

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  • hazel, noun, singular of hazels.
  • hazel, adjective.

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