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hazel.

A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈheɪzəl/

  1. A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

    countable · usually

  2. The nut of the hazel tree.

    countable · usually

  3. The wood of a hazelnut tree.

    uncountable · usually

  4. A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.

    countable · uncountable · usually

  5. Freestone.

    countable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hawlse (“hazel”), Dutch hazel, hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Vilamovian hozuł (“hazel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Icelandic hesli (“hazel”), Norwegian Nynorsk hasl, hassel (“hazel”); also Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel”), Irish call, coll (“hazel”), Manx coull (“hazel”), Scottish Gaelic coll (“hazel”), Welsh cyll (“hazel trees”).

adj/ˈheɪzəl/

  1. Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

Where this word comes from

From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hawlse (“hazel”), Dutch hazel, hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Vilamovian hozuł (“hazel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Icelandic hesli (“hazel”), Norwegian Nynorsk hasl, hassel (“hazel”); also Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel”), Irish call, coll (“hazel”), Manx coull (“hazel”), Scottish Gaelic coll (“hazel”), Welsh cyll (“hazel trees”).

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