Hazel Definition
hāzəl
noun
Any of a genus (Corylus) of shrubs or trees of the birch family, bearing edible nuts.
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The wood of this tree or shrub.
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The color of a ripened hazelnut; reddish brown.
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A stick of this wood.
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adjective
Of the hazel tree or its wood.
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Light reddish-brown or yellowish-brown.
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Greenish-gray or greenish-brown, often with flecks of a third color.
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pronoun
A female given name from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
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A topographic surname for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
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Other Word Forms of Hazel
Noun
Singular:
hazel
Plural:
hazelsOrigin of Hazel
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From Middle English, from Old English hæsel (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-Germanic *hasalaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *koselos (“hazel”). Cognate with Dutch hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel-tree, hazelwood”), Irish coll (“hazel”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English hasel from Old English hæsel
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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