hazel

adjective

1. of a light brown or yellowish brown color

Similar word(s): chromatic

noun

1. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts

Definition categories: plant, tree

2. the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)

Definition categories: plant, wood

3. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

Similar word(s): hazelnut

Definition categories: plant

4. 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

Definition categories: attribute, brown, brownness