hazel

Meaning

Noun

1. A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
2. The nut of the hazel tree.
3. The wood of a hazelnut tree.
4. A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
5. Freestone.

Adj

Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

Synonyms

hazelnut

hazel tree

filbert

brown

hazelnut tree

hazel-wood

nut-brown

chestnut

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cobnut

light brown

nut brown

hazel-tree

Pomaderris apetala

hazelly

corylus avellana

Turkish filbert

Turkish hazelnut

filbert tree

Chilean hazelnut

hazel-bush

hazel-brown

dace

nutbrown

nut

hazeled

hazel grove

hazel-nut

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈheɪzəl/

Etymology

From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”). Cognate with Dutch hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel-tree, hazelwood”), Irish coll (“hazel”).