A Quick and Simple Dictionary

hazel

1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
2. Proper noun.  (surname, topographic) for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
3. Noun.  A tree or shrub of the genus ''Corylus'', bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
4. Noun.  The nut of the hazel tree.
5. Noun.  The wood of a hazelnut tree.
6. Noun.  A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
7. Adjective.  Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour).