Hazel

Definitions

1. A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
   countable, uncountable
2. A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
   countable, usually
3. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
   countable, uncountable
4. The nut of the hazel tree.
   countable, usually
5. A place in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
6. A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.
   countable, uncountable
7. The wood of a hazelnut tree.
   uncountable, usually
8. A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
   countable, uncountable, usually
9. A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
   countable, uncountable
10. Freestone.
    countable, usually
11. An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
    countable, uncountable
12. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there.”

“Have⟳ a tree or two the witches particularly like⟳, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.”

“GREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke! ARTHUR. Deceived her? How? GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a farce, a lie⟳.”

“In the month of May, When all nature seems in touch⟳ with hidden jewels, We called her Hazel, Hazel May.”

“Now, as I mentioned earlier, I never liked the name⟳ Hazel. I didn't like⟳ being called after a nut. I wanted to be called Rosemary, something pretty.”

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