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 ]

  4. 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

    hazel (adj.)

  1. of a light brown or yellowish brown color

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