hazel
(adjective) of a light brown or yellowish brown color
hazel
(noun) a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone’s eyes
hazelnut, hazel, hazelnut tree
(noun) any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
hazel
(noun) the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
hazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala
(noun) Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hazel
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 for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
• ZahlĂ©, hazle
hazel (usually uncountable, plural hazels)
(countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
(countable) The nut of the hazel tree.
(uncountable) The wood of a hazelnut tree.
(countable and uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
(mining, countable) freestone
• (nut): filbert, hazelnut
hazel
Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
• ZahlĂ©, hazle
Source: Wiktionary
Ha"zel, n. Etym: [OE. hasel, AS. hæsel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
