Hazel

Noun

 * 1) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
 * 2) The nut of the hazel tree.
 * 3) The wood of a hazelnut tree.
 * 4) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.

Quotations

 * , Scene I
 * Kate, like the hazel-twig,
 * Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue
 * As hazel nuts, and sweeter than the kernels.

Synonyms
nut
 * filbert
 * hazelnut

Adjective

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

Derived terms

 * hazel grouse
 * hazelnut
 * witch hazel/wych hazel

Thesaurus
beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal, seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

Etymology
From, from hæsel:, from , from. Cognate with hazelaar:,  Hasel:,  hassel:,  corulus:, corylus:,  coll:.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: (euroopan-) pähkinä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (fundouki)
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: lazdu rieksts


 * Manx:
 * Norwegian: hasselnøtt
 * Old Norse:
 * Polish: orzech laskowy
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: лесной орех (l'esnój or'éχ), лещина (leščína), фундук (fundúk) cultured
 * Scottish Gaelic: cnò challtainn
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: avellaner
 * Cherokee: ᏴᎩᏛ
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: avelujo
 * Finnish: (euroopan-) pähkinäpensas
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (fundukiá)
 * Hungarian: mogyoróbokor
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian:


 * Lithuanian: lazdynas
 * Manx:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse: hesli
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: aveleiro
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: лесной орех (l'esnój oréχ), лещина (leščína), фундук (fundúk) cultured
 * Scottish Gaelic: calltainn
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Russian: орех (or'éχ)
 * Scottish Gaelic: calltainn


 * French:
 * Polish: orzechowy, piwne (oczy)


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * French:
 * Hiligaynon:


 * Italian:
 * Russian: карий (kárij) color of eyes, ореховый (or'éχovyj)