| n. | 1. | (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are Corylus Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and Corylus rostrata. See Filbert. | ||||||||||||
| 2. | A miner's name for freestone.
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| a. | 1. | Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. | |||||||||||||
| Noun | 1. | hazel - Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts Synonyms: hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala |
| 2. | hazel - the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) | |
| 3. | hazel - any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk Synonyms: hazelnut, hazelnut tree | |
| Adj. | 1. | hazel - of a light brown or yellowish brown color |