[ˈheɪzl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a temperate shrub or small tree with broad leaves, bearing prominent male catkins in spring and round hard-shelled edible nuts in autumn

- a reddish-brown or greenish-brown colour, especially of a person's eyes
(e.g: the laughing hazel eyes were serious now)


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Origin:
Old English hæsel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hazelaar ‘hazel tree’, hazelnoot ‘hazelnut’, and German Hasel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin corylus