Hazel (Noun)
Meaning 1
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Hypernyms
Related Words
Meaning 3
The fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris).
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Meaning 4
Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The forest floor was carpeted with fallen leaves from the nearby hazel trees.
- She picked a few nuts from the hazel bush growing in her backyard.
- The woodland was dominated by oak and hazel, which grew in a dense thicket.
- After a long walk, they stopped to rest beneath the shade of a hazel tree.
- A small grove of hazel trees grew alongside the stream, providing shelter for wildlife.