From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantshazelha‧zel1 /ˈheɪzəl/ noun1[countable, uncountable]HBP a small tree that produces nuts2[uncountable] the green-brown colour of some people’s eyesExamples from the Corpushazel• Chunks of oak, ash, alder, beech, sycamore and hazel lay here and there, awaiting their miracles.• Freshly cut hazel can throw out branches 3m long in a season.• One of the males used a length of cut hazel to pole the craft out of the willowwood and into clear water.• The fourthsection is the KitchenGarden with an avenue of Ballerinafruit trees, trained cherries and golden-leaved hazels.• And the opening arms of the skyforget me Into the buriedtunnel of hazels.• Small wonder that hazel was viewed as a magical tree with protective powers.• For very oilyskin or acne, you could use a more astringent base such as witchhazel.• The messengerdeparted in search of witch hazel for his neck, leaving Blondel even more despondent than before.Related topics: Colourshazelhazel2 adjectiveCChazel eyes are a green-brown colourExamples from the Corpushazel• Big, hazel eyes and cold, blue ones.• Those hazel eyes, both dreamy and world-weary.• He had small shrewdhazel eyes that as a rule missed nothing.• Once again this autumn, I lost the race with the squirrels to harvest the hazel nuts.• I use hazelstakes, cut in the autumn after the sap has receded.• There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream.Originhazel1Old Englishhæsel