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hazel
/ˈheɪzəl/
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What does hazel mean?
noun
- A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
- The nut of the hazel tree.
- The wood of a hazelnut tree.
More meanings (9)
noun
- A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
- Freestone.
adjective
- Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
proper noun
- A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
- A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.
- A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈheɪzəl/
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The mother and sister brought out the facts that Hazel had been giving an assumed name recently and lying about her age.
Wipe with a clean, soft cloth and apply a very little witch hazel or carbolated salve to the eyes, nostrils and head.
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His hazel eyes deepened into darkness, his still boyish lips opened to say something of the dream and hope that thrilled his soul.
She was a kindly looking woman, with the same dread haunting her hazel eyes as that which lurked in her husband's blue ones.
Hart's-tongue fern, thick with green, so green as to be thick with its colour, deep in the ditch under the shady hazel boughs.