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English adjective: hazel

1. hazel of a light brown or yellowish brown color


Similarchromatic


Antonymsachromatic, neutral


English noun: hazel

1. hazel (plant) Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts


Synonymshazel tree, Pomaderris apetala


Broader (hypernym)tree


Member meronymgenus Pomaderris, Pomaderris


Substance holonymhazel

2. hazel (plant) the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymhazel, hazel, hazel tree, hazelnut, hazelnut tree, Pomaderris apetala

3. hazel (plant) any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk


Synonymshazelnut, hazelnut tree


Broader (hypernym)nut tree


Narrower (hyponym)American hazel, beaked hazelnut, cobnut, Corylus americana, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, Corylus cornuta, filbert


Part holonymcob, cobnut, filbert, hazelnut


Member meronymCorylus, genus Corylus


Substance holonymhazel

4. hazel (attribute) a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes


Broader (hypernym)brown, brownness









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