 9 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hazel
adjective: of a light brown or yellowish brown color
noun
1: Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its
fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts [syn: {hazel
tree}, {Pomaderris apetala}]
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 [syn: {hazelnut},
{hazelnut tree}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hazel \Ha"zel\ (h[=a]"z'l), noun [OE. hasel, AS. h[ae]sel; akin to
D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan &
Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus {Corylus}, as
the {Corylus avellana}, bearing a nut containing a kernel
of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American
species are {Corylus Americana}, which produces the common
hazelnut, and {Corylus rostrata}. See {Filbert}. --Gray.
2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond.
{Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
{Hazel grouse} (Zo["o]l.), a European grouse ({Bonasa
betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
{Hazel hoe}, a kind of grub hoe.
{Witch hazel}. See {Witch-hazel}, and {Hamamelis}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hazel \Ha"zel\, adjective
1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel;
pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel
wand.
I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble.
2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. ''Thou hast
hazel eyes.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
colorful \colorful\ adjective
1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing};
{prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of {colorless}
or {dull}. [Narrower terms: {brave, fine, gay, glorious};
{flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; {picturesque}]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of {colorless} and
{monochrome}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {tinted}; {touched, tinged}; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; {amethyst}; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; {aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden};
{azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue}; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; {bottle-green}; {bronze, bronzy};
{brown, brownish, dark-brown}; {buff}; {canary,
canary-yellow}; {caramel, caramel brown}; {carnation};
{chartreuse}; {chestnut}; {dun}; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; {fuscous}; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; {jade, jade-green}; {khaki}; {lavender,
lilac}; {mauve}; {moss green, mosstone}; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; {mousy, mouse-colored};
{ocher, ochre}; {olive-brown}; {olive-drab}; {olive};
{orange, orangish}; {peacock-blue}; {pink, pinkish};
{purple, violet, purplish}; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; {red, reddish}; {rose, roseate}; {rose-red};
{rust, rusty, rust-colored}; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; {stone, stone-gray}; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; {tan}; {tangerine};
{tawny}; {ultramarine}; {umber}; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; {yellow, yellowish};
{yellow-green}; {avocado}; {bay}; {beige}; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; {coral}; {creamy}; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; {hazel}; {honey,
honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta};
{maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green};
{sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark},
{light}.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "hazel":
beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate,
cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun,
dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege,
khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal, seal-brown,
sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, toast,
toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown,
yellowish-brown
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hazel, KY (city, FIPS 35380)
Location: 36.50536 N, 88.32599 W
Population (1990): 460 (215 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 42049
Hazel, SD (town, FIPS 27940)
Location: 44.75795 N, 97.38015 W
Population (1990): 103 (46 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57242
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Hazel, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 105
Housing Units (2000): 44
Land area (2000): 0.244571 sq. miles (0.633437 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.244571 sq. miles (0.633437 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27940
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.758926 N, 97.380800 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57242
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hazel, SD
Hazel
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Hazel, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 440
Housing Units (2000): 223
Land area (2000): 0.379210 sq. miles (0.982149 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.379210 sq. miles (0.982149 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35380
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 36.504658 N, 88.325443 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 42049
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hazel, KY
Hazel
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hazel
Heb. luz, (Gen. 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew word is
rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus, "the almond-tree," which
is probably correct. That tree flourishes in Syria.
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