hazel

/hˈeɪzəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. of a light brown or yellowish brown color

noun

1. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
2. the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
3. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
4. 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

Synonyms for hazel

• chromatic
• hazel tree
• Pomaderris apetala
• hazelnut
• hazelnut tree

Words that rhyme with hazel

• nasal
• appraisal
• reappraisal
• hazle