Etymology : Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsel; akin to Old High German hasal hazel, Latin corulus
Pronunciation : hA-z&l
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. small tree or shrub; hazelnut, edible nut of this tree; golden-brown color. hazel\ha"zel\ , n. [oe. hasel, as. h?sel; akin to d. hazelaar, g. hazel, ohg. hasal, hasala, icel. hasl, dan & sw. hassel, l. corylus, for cosylus.].
2. (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.
3. a miner's name for freestone. mond.hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.hazel grouse (zo?l.), a european grouse (bonasa betulina), allied to the american ruffed grouse.hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe.
4. 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.
5. The American species are C.
6. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata.
7. See Filbert.
8. A miner's name for freestone.
9. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
10. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree and the hazel tree Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts of a light brown or yellowish brown color.
11. 1. A hazel is a small tree which produces nuts that you can eat.
12. Hazel eyes are greenish-brown in colour. hazel eyes are a green-brown colour. Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss witch hazel family. or hazel(nut) Any of about 15 species of deciduous trees and shrubs that make up the genus Corylus, in the birch family, native to the northern temperate zone; also, the edible nuts they produce. Choice nuts are produced by two Eurasian trees, the European filbert (C. avellana) and the giant filbert (C. maxima), and by hybrids of these species. Some varieties are valuable hedgerow and ornamental trees. An oil from C. avellana is used in food products, perfumes, and soaps; the tree yields a soft, reddish-white timber that is useful for small articles such as tool handles and walking sticks.