Meaning & Definition of Hazel in English

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

2. The fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus corylus) and the hazel tree (australian genus pomaderris)

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

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

1. Of a light brown or yellowish brown color