Hazel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hazel	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Hazel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hazel adj of a light brown or yellowish brown color n Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine- grained wood and bearing edible nuts Synonym(s): hazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk Synonym(s): hazelnut, hazel, hazelnut tree 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hazel \Ha"zel\, n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[91]sel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus {Corylus}, as the {C. avellana}, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are {C. Americana}, which produces the common hazelnut, and {C. rostrata}. See {Filbert}. --Gray. 2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond. {Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. {Hazel grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European grouse ({Bonasa betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse. {Hazel hoe}, a kind of grub hoe. {Witch hazel}. See {Witch-hazel}, and {Hamamelis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hazel \Ha"zel\, a. 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand. I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble. 2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. [bd]Thou hast hazel eyes.[b8] --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hazel, KY (city, FIPS 35380) Location: 36.50536 N, 88.32599 W Population (1990): 460 (215 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42049 Hazel, SD (town, FIPS 27940) Location: 44.75795 N, 97.38015 W Population (1990): 103 (46 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57242
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hazel Heb. luz, (Gen. 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew word is rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus, "the almond-tree," which is probably correct. That tree flourishes in Syria.