hazel
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- noun
- /ˈheɪzəl/
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avellano
- And by lilac bushes jutting from behind fences, hazel trees, acacia branches smothered in the sun.
Examples
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Quick-yielding, high in protein and oil, hazels have made great progress under the Badgersett breeding program.
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And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket.
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After receiving a hazel branch with three nuts from her father, Cinderella accidentally drops it into a well.
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Pollen from birch trees, including alder and hazel, affects about 25% of people with allergic rhinitis around April and May.
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One sample appeared to show a prior cold climate environment, with a little birch, pine, oak, and hazel pollen that drifted in from afar.
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The hazel tree in our backyard is full of nuts that the squirrels love.
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During the hike, we found a beautiful hazel shrub laden with hazelnuts.
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In autumn, the hazel trees shed their leaves, revealing their smooth branches.
Synonyms
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A small round nut or the tree that makes it, often used in sweets and coffee
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A small hazel tree or the round brown nuts it gives that you can eat
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A small tree or bush that grows edible nuts inside a leafy cover
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The Latin name for small trees and shrubs that make edible nuts
A European tree that makes edible hazelnuts and useful wood
A North American hazel shrub with nuts covered by a long beak-like husk
A shrub from western North America that produces nuts in long beaklike coverings
A shrub with broad leaves that produces edible nuts eaten by people and animals in eastern North America
A tree that people grow for nuts you can eat, pretty branches, and useful wood
A type of hazelnut or the tree that grows it in Britain and Europe
Compounds
- Specialized
A Chilean shrub that makes red fruit with an edible seed like a hazelnut
A shrub with broad leaves that produces edible nuts eaten by people and animals in eastern North America
- US
A small tree or bush with smooth bark and rounded leaves that grows near streams in eastern North America
- UK
A small animal like a mouse with a bushy tail that lives in trees and is active at night
- Australian
A tree that people grow for nuts you can eat, pretty branches, and useful wood
A small fragrant shrub from the lower Mississippi valley with tiny flowers that bloom in winter and spring
A common shrub from eastern North America that makes small yellow flowers after its leaves fall
A shrub with drooping clusters of yellow flowers that bloom in early spring before the leaves appear
- Specialized
A group of trees and shrubs that have flowers, including witch-hazel and sweetgum
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hazel names the tree that gives the hazelnut. It comes from an old English word meaning 'hazel tree', so hazel still means the shrub or small tree that makes edible nuts.