9 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. "Thou hast hazel eyes." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] 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. [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 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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