hazels

Noun

hazel (usually uncountable, plural hazels)

1. (countable, usually) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
   • The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there.1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water
2. (countable, usually) The nut of the hazel tree.

   Synonyms:

   filbert, hazelnut

3. (usually) The wood of a hazelnut tree.
4. (countable, uncountable, usually) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
5. (countable, usually) Freestone.

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