hazel

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  1. noun Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus, especially the European species C. avellana or the American species C. americana, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk. Also called filbert.
  2. noun A hazelnut.
  3. noun A light brown or yellowish brown.

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  • Witch hazel is awfully relaxing for piles-simply soak a cotton wool pad in watered down witch hazel and leave on the piles for a little while. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Also, I couldn't resist naming the hazel ones after that Kelly Clarkson song. —  Fashion World of SL
  • The hazel is a shrub with straight shoots 3-6 m high, the bark smooth and brownish. —  Article Source
  • Witch hazel is another natural ingredient that helps reduce inflammation and redness of skin. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • You white hoes get lucky with your pretty blue, hazel, and green eyes and manageble hair so we get the luck stick back when we're too old to do anything about it except FLAUT it at 70+ years of age. —  The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories
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  1. Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsel.

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  1. Also hazle, early modern English hasel, hasil, from Middle English hasel, hesil, from Anglo-Saxon hæsel = Dutch hazel(aar) = Old High German hasala, feminine, hasal, masculine, Middle High German G. hasel, feminine, = Icelandic hasl, masculine, hesli, n., = Swedish Danish hassel = Latin corulus, corylus (for *cosulus) = Welsh coll, hazel. The form suggests a connection with hare, Old High German haso, German hase; but this is uncertain.
  2. Short for hazel-earth.
 

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