hazel

1. (countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.Examples: "The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there."; "Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper."countableusually

2. (countable) The nut of the hazel tree.Synonyms: filbert, hazelnutcountableusually

3. (uncountable) The wood of a hazelnut tree.uncountableusually

4. (countable and uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.countableuncountableusually

5. (mining, countable) Freestone.countableusually