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hazel

ha·zel

UK/ˈheɪzəl/ US/ˈheɪzʌl/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (3)

adjective

1.

of a light brown or yellowish brown color

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noun

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

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Origin

From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hawlse (“hazel”), Dutch hazel, hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Vilamovian hozuł (“hazel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Icelandic hesli (“hazel”), Norwegian Nynorsk hasl, hassel (“hazel”); also Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel”), Irish call, coll (“hazel”), Manx coull (“hazel”), Scottish Gaelic coll (“hazel”), Welsh cyll (“hazel trees”).

Phrases

  • corkscrew hazel
  • hazel alder
  • Hazel Dell
  • hazel dormouse
  • hazel grouse
  • Hazel Grove
  • hazel hen
  • hazel nut

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