hazel
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English hæsel (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-Germanic *hasalaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *koselos (“hazel”). Cognate with Dutch hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel-tree, hazelwood”), Irish coll (“hazel”).
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[edit] Noun
hazel (plural hazels)
- 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.
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hazel colour:
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[edit] Quotations
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene I
- Kate, like the hazel-twig,
- Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue
- As hazel nuts, and sweeter than the kernels.
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nut
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tree / shrub
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wood
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colour
[edit] Adjective
hazel
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