HAZEL

Definition of HAZEL

  1. (noun)Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
  2. (noun)the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
  3. (noun)any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
  4. (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
  5. (adj)of a light brown or yellowish brown color