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ha⋅zel

  [hey-zuhl]
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–noun
1. any shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Corylus, of the birch family, having toothed, ovate leaves and bearing edible nuts, as C. avellana, of Europe, or C. americana and C. cornuta, of the Western Hemisphere.
2. any of several other shrubs or trees, as an Australian shrub, Pomaderris apetala.
3. the wood of any of these trees.
4. the hazelnut or filbert.
5. light golden brown, as the color of a hazelnut.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to the hazel.
7. made of the wood of the hazel.
8. having a light golden-brown color.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME hasel; OE hæs(e)l; c. G Hasel, ON hasl, L corylus hazel shrub

Related forms:
ha⋅zel⋅ly, adjective
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Ha⋅zel

  [hey-zuhl]
–noun
a female given name.
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ha·zel   (hā'zəl)   
n.  

  1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus, especially the European species C. avellana or the American species C. americana, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk. Also called filbert.

  2. A hazelnut.

  3. A light brown or yellowish brown.


[Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsel.]
ha'zel adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
hazel [ˈhezlæ]

  1. n.
    heroin. (Drugs. A variety of H.) : She wants to spend the evening with hazel.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hazel 
O.E. hæsl, from P.Gmc. *khasalaz (cf. O.N. hasl, M.Du. hasel, Ger. hasel), from PIE *koslos (cf. L. corulus, O.Ir. coll "hazel"). Shakespeare ("Romeo and Juliet," 1592) was first to use it (in print) in the sense of "reddish-brown color of eyes" (in reference to the color of ripe hazel-nuts), when Mercutio accuses Benvolio of being testy with:
"Thou wilt quarrell with a man for cracking Nuts, hauing no reason, but because thou hast hasell eyes."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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