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Word: hazel (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

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Noun:

  • A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
  • 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.

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Proper noun:

  • female|from=English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
  • topographic|from=Middle English|dot= for someone who lived near a hazel tree.

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