Definition of 'hazel'

Noun

1. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
      Synonyms: 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
      Synonyms: hazelnut hazelnut tree

Adjective

1. of a light brown or yellowish brown color

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