hazel
/'heizl/
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Definition
Noun:
- A small tree or shrub of the genus Corylus: A plant that produces edible nuts (hazelnuts or filberts) enclosed in a leafy husk.
- The wood of the hazel tree: A fine-grained wood from trees of the genus Corylus or the Australian genus Pomaderris.
- A color: A light brownish color, often with yellowish, reddish, or greenish tints, commonly used to describe eye color.
Adjective:
- Of a hazel color: Having a light brown or yellowish-brown color, especially describing eyes.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Plant):
- The hazel is beginning to flower in the hedgerow.
- We gathered hazelnuts from the hazel in the garden.
- Noun (Wood):
- The walking stick was carved from sturdy hazel.
- Noun (Color):
- Her eyes were a striking shade of hazel.
- Adjective:
- He has distinctive hazel eyes that seem to change color in the light.
Advanced Usage
- "Hazel" in descriptive botany: Refers specifically to plants within the genus .
- The European hazel (Corylus avellana) is the most common species.
- Poetic/Literary use for color: Often used to describe variable or luminous eye color.
- Her gaze, a mix of green and gold, was truly hazel.
Variants and Related Words
- Hazelnut (n): The edible nut of the hazel tree.
- She added chopped hazelnuts to the cake batter.
- Hazelwood (n): Wood from a hazel tree.
- The small box was made of polished hazelwood.
Synonyms
- For the color: Light brown, tawny, amber (when describing eyes).
- For the tree/shrub: Filbert (a common name for certain cultivated hazels).
Related Phrases
- Hazel eyes: A common phrase describing eyes of a mixed light brown, green, and gold color.
- It's rare to find someone with true hazel eyes.
Adjective
- of a light brown or yellowish brown color
Noun
- 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
- any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
- the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
- Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts