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hazel

25 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) hazel (noun)
  2. 2) hazel (adjective)
  3. hazelnut (noun)
  4. hazel alder (noun)
  5. hazel hen (noun)
  6. hazel hoe (noun)
  7. hazel mouse (noun)
  8. hazel pine (noun)
  9. beaked hazel (noun)
  10. black hazel (noun)
  11. California hazel (noun)
  12. Chile hazel (noun)
  13. Chinese witch hazel (noun)
  14. flowering hazel (noun)
  15. horned hazel (noun)
  16. Japanese hazel (noun)
  17. Japanese witch hazel (noun)
  18. snapping hazel (noun)
  19. vernal witch hazel (noun)
  20. Victorian hazel (noun)
  21. wild hazel (noun)
  22. winter hazel (noun)
  23. witch hazel (noun)
  24. witch-hazel family (noun)
  25. wych elm (noun)

1ha·zel

noun \ˈhā-zəl\

Definition of HAZEL

1
: any of a genus (Corylus and especially the American C. americana and the European C. avellana) of shrubs or small trees of the birch family bearing nuts enclosed in a leafy involucre
2
: a light brown to strong yellowish brown
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Origin of HAZEL

Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsel; akin to Old High German hasal hazel, Latin corulus
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

Rhymes with HAZEL

Basil, nasal, phrasal

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