Hazel
Hazel (hā"z'l) , noun
[Old English hasel, Anglo-Saxon hasel; akin to Dutch hazelaar, German hazel, Old High German hasal, hasala, Icelandic hasl, Dan & Swedish hassel, Latin corylus, for cosylus.]
1.
(Botany) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are Corylus Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and Corylus rostrata. See Filbert. — Gray
2.
A miner's name for freestone. — Raymond
Collocations (4)
Hazel earth , soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
Hazel grouse (Zoology) , a European grouse (Bonasa betulina), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
Hazel hoe , a kind of grub hoe.
Witch hazel , See Witch-hazel, and Hamamelis.
Hazel , adjective
1.
Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
I sit me down beside the hazel grove.
2.
Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.
Thou hast hazel eyes.