hazels
plural of hazel
• hazles
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.
РHazel grouse (Zo̦l.), 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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
