Hazel

·noun A miner's name for freestone.

II. Hazel ·adj Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.

III. Hazel ·adj Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.

IV. Hazel ·noun A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. ·see Filbert.