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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hazel \Ha"zel\, a.
     1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel;
        pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel
        wand.
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              I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble.
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     2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. "Thou hast
        hazel eyes." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hazel \Ha"zel\ (h[=a]"z'l), n. [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.
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     2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond.
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     {Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
        
  
     {Hazel grouse} (Zool.), 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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     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.
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     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}]
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     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).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hazel
       adj : of a light brown or yellowish brown color
       n 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 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 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.
     

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
  

















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