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   Hazel (hāˈz'l), n. [OE. hasel, AS. hæsel; 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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   Hazel, 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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