hazel

ha·zel

H0095300 (hā′zəl)n.1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus that bear edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk, especially the American species C. americana or the widely cultivated Eurasian species C. avellana. Also called filbert, hazelnut.2. A light brown or yellowish brown.

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[Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsel.]

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ha′zel adj.

hazel

(ˈheɪzəl) n1. (Plants) Also called: cob any of several shrubs of the N temperate genus Corylus, esp C. avellana, having oval serrated leaves and edible rounded brown nuts: family Corylaceae2. (Plants) the wood of any of these trees3. (Plants) short for hazelnut4. (Colours) a. a light yellowish-brown colourb. (as adjective): hazel eyes. [Old English hæsel; related to Old Norse hasl, Old High German hasala, Latin corylus, Old Irish coll]

ha•zel

(ˈheɪ zəl)

n. 1. any small tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, of the birch family, having toothed ovate leaves and edible nuts. 2. the wood of any of these trees. 3. the hazelnut or filbert. 4. a light golden- or greenish-brown color. adj. 5. pertaining to the hazel. 6. made of the wood of the hazel. 7. of the color hazel. [before 900; Middle English hasel, Old English hæs(e)l, c. Middle Dutch hasel, Old High German hasal, Latin corylus]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hazel - Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nutshazel tree, Pomaderris apetalahazel - the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermsgenus Pomaderris, Pomaderris - a genus of Australasian shrubs and trees
	2.	hazel - the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)hazelnut, hazelnut tree, hazel - any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy huskhazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala - Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nutswood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	3.	hazel - any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy huskhazelnut, hazelnut treecob, cobnut, filbert, hazelnut - nut of any of several trees of the genus CorylusCorylus, genus Corylus - deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceaehazel - the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)American hazel, Corylus americana - nut-bearing shrub of eastern North Americacobnut, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, filbert - small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europebeaked hazelnut, Corylus cornuta - hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nutsnut tree - tree bearing edible nuts
	4.	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 eyesbrown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation
Adj.	1.	hazel - of a light brown or yellowish brown colorchromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

榛树淡褐色

hazel

(ˈheizl) noun a kind of small tree on which nuts grow. 榛樹 榛树 adjective of a light-brown colour. hazel eyes. 淡褐色 淡褐色ˈhazel-nut noun the edible nut of the hazel. 榛果 榛子