Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hazel"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Hazel
Heb. luz, (Gen. 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew word is
rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus, "the almond-tree," which
is probably correct. That tree flourishes in Syria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hazel \Ha"zel\, a.
1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel;
pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel
wand.
I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble.
2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. ``Thou hast
hazel eyes.'' --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hazel \Ha"zel\, n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[ae]sel; akin to D.
hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw.
hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus {Corylus}, as
the {C. avellana}, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a
mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species
are {C. Americana}, which produces the common hazelnut,
and {C. rostrata}. See {Filbert}. --Gray.
2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond.
{Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
{Hazel grouse} (Zo["o]l.), a European grouse ({Bonasa
betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
{Hazel hoe}, a kind of grub hoe.
{Witch hazel}. See {Witch-hazel}, and {Hamamelis}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hazel
adj : of a light brown or yellowish brown color
n 1: Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its
fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts [syn: {hazel
tree}, {Pomaderris apetala}]
2: the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and
the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
3: any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus
bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk [syn: {hazelnut},
{hazelnut tree}]
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