Meaning of 'hazel'

adjective

of a light brown or yellowish brown color

noun

a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish

noun

any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

Synonyms: hazelnut hazelnut tree

noun

the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)

noun

Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts

Synonyms: hazel tree