hazel
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈheɪzəl/
:
madera de avellano
- I wrote in my previous article about Badgersett Research Corp's work to develop sophisticated new "woody agriculture" systems based on chestnut and hazel.
Examples
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With this staff, freshly cut of hazel wood, I shall draw a circle three feet from this altar so that no malignant or unfriendly spirit can enter and do me harm.
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My skin smelled of witch hazel.
Fiction book (1992) -
But enough of the hazel tree.
Fiction book (1999) -
And cut and peeled a Hazel wand and hooked a Berry to a thread.
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He's violently allergic to whatever the stuff is that comes off the alder and hazel trees.
Fiction book (1998) -
Robert folded the bloody towel into a pad, poured witch hazel on it, and put it against Anthony's ear.
Fiction book (1992) -
Peel, leaning against the corner of the shed, gazes out over the groves of hazel trees and willows.
Fiction book (1998) -
Coil also means hazel—which was used to make a flexible wattle barrier for her lying-in.
Academic text (1999) -
The craftsman selected a piece of hazel wood to create a beautiful, handcrafted walking stick.
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She used a hazel branch to weave baskets in the warm afternoon sun.
Synonyms
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7.8
Wood from a small tree that people use to make furniture and baskets
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 also means the wood of that tree because people long ago used hazel branches for walking sticks and woven baskets. That's why hazel can mean the material used for canes and wickerwork.