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hazel

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ha·zel  (hzl)
n.
1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus, especially the European species C. avellana or the American species C. americana, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk. Also called filbert.
2. A hazelnut.
3. A light brown or yellowish brown.

[Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsel.]

hazel adj.

hazel [ˈheɪzəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 Corylaceae
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the wood of any of these trees
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) short for hazelnut
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a.  a light yellowish-brown colour
b.  (as adjective) hazel eyes
[Old English hæsel; related to Old Norse hasl, Old High German hasala, Latin corylus, Old Irish coll]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hazelhazel - Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
hazel - 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 angiosperms
genus 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 husk
hazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala - Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
3.hazelhazel - any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
cob, cobnut, filbert, hazelnut - nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Corylus, genus Corylus - deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae
hazel - 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 America
cobnut, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, filbert - small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
beaked hazelnut, Corylus cornuta - hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts
nut 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 eyes
brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation
Adj.1.hazel - of a light brown or yellowish brown color
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
Translations
hazel [ˈheɪzl]
A. N (tree) → avellano m
B. ADJ [eyes] → color de avellana adj inv

hazel [ˈheɪzəl]
n (= tree) → noisetier m
adj [eyes] → noisette inv

hazel
n (Bot) → Haselnussstrauch m, → Haselbusch m
adj (colour) → haselnuss- or hellbraun

hazel [ˈheɪzl]
1. n (tree) → nocciolo
2. adj (eyes) → (color) nocciola inv

hazel [ˈheɪzl]
1. n (tree) → nocciolo
2. adj (eyes) → (color) nocciola inv

hazel
n hazel [ˈheizl]
a kind of small tree on which nuts grow. haselneutboom شَجَرَة البُنْدُق леска líska hasseltræ der Haselnußstrauch φουντουκιά avellano sarapuu درخت فندق isopähkinäpensas noisetier אִלסָר पिंघल वृक्ष lješnjak (drvo) mogyoró(bokor) berangan hesliviður nocciolo はしばみ 개암나무 lazdynas lazda pokok hazel hazelnootboom hassel leszczyna aveleira alun turcesc орешник lieska leska leska hassel ต้นไม้เล็ก ๆ ชนิดหนึ่งในตระกูล Corylus fındık ağacı 榛樹 ліщина, горішина شجر بندق cây phỉ
adj
of a light-brown colour hazel eyes. ligbruin بُنّي، عَسَلي светлокафяв oříškově hnědý nøddebrun nußbraun ανοιχτός καστανός color de avellana pähkelpruun رنگ فندقی pähkinänruskea noisette חוּם-אֲדַמדָם हल्का भूरा रंग smed, boje lješnjaka mogyoróbarna coklat muda ljósbrúnn nocciola 薄茶色 적갈색의 šviesiai rudas gaišbrūns perang hazelnootbruin nøttebrun leszczynowy cor de avelA căprui карий orieškovo hnedý svetlorjav boja lešnika nötbrun สีน้ำตาลอ่อน elâ 淡褐色 світло-коричневий, карий ہلکا بھورا رنگ màu nâu vàng
n hazel-nut
the edible nut of the hazel. haselneut بُنْدُقَه лешник lískový oříšek hasselnød die Haselnuß φουντούκι avellana (sarapuu)pähkel فندق hasselpähkinä noisette אֶגוֹז אִלסָר पिंगल फल lješnjak (plod) mogyoró buah berangan heslihneta nocciola はしばみの実 개암나무 열매 lazdyno riešutas lazdas rieksts kacang hazel hazelnoot hasselnøtt orzech laskowy avelA alună turcească фундук lieskový oriešok lešnik lešnik hasselnöt ผลของต้นเฮเซิลมีเปลือกแข็งสีน้ำตาลแดง fındık 榛果 фундук بندق ، کشمیری بادام quả phỉ 榛子


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Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a hazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushed off his hat: so he broke it off and brought it away; and when he got home he gave it to his daughter.
They had each cut a great hazel stick for a riding-whip, and laid it on a little too hard; but I took it in good part, till at last I thought we had had enough, so I stopped two or three times by way of a hint.
"I'm going to pick by myself apart from all the rest, or else my efforts will make no show," he said, and he left the edge of the forest where they were walking on low silky grass between old birch trees standing far apart, and went more into the heart of the wood, where between the white birch trunks there were gray trunks of aspen and dark bushes of hazel.
 
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