Sekirov Dictionary

hazel

/ˈheɪzəl/

noun 5
adjective 1
forms 5

noun5

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A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
- The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there. — 1895
A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
The nut of the hazel tree.
The wood of a hazelnut tree.
Freestone.

adjective1

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Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
- As she grew up and her hazel eyes became hazeler and her dark hair darker and her white skin whiter, and her form a sigh on every boy’s lips, she concentrated on one dream. — 1956

forms

hazels · hazeler · more hazel · hazelest · most hazel

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