Defenition of the word hazel

Defenition of the word hazel
- The plant that produces the hazelnut. Botanical name: Corylus avellana.
- A deep red-orange colour, including the colour of hazelnuts; RAL Code 8011.
- of a light brown or yellowish brown color
- the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
- Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
- any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
- 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