hazel

Meanings

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

Adjective

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

Related

Similar words

• filbert, hazelnut

Origin

• From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl, from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos. Cognate with Dutch hazelaar ("hazel"), German Hasel ("hazel"), Swedish hassel ("hazel"), Latin corulus, corylus, Irish coll ("hazel").