ha·zel 
(hāzəl)
(hāzəl)n.
1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus that bear edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk, especially the American species C. americana or the widely cultivated Eurasian species C. avellana. Also called filbert, hazelnut.
2. A light brown or yellowish brown.
[Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsel.]
hazel adj.
- Indo-European root: ghend-
- Indo-European root: gher-
- Indo-European root: gher-
- Indo-European root: gherə-
- Indo-European root: ghes-
- Indo-European root: gheslo-
- Indo-European root: gheu-
- Indo-European root: gheu(ə)-
- Indo-European root: ghos-ti-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghredh-
- Indo-European root: ghrendh-
- Indo-European root: ghrē-
- Indo-European root: ghrēi-
- Indo-European root: ghwer-
- Indo-European root: ghwībh-
- Indo-European root: ghē-
- Indo-European root: gleubh-
- Indo-European root: gnō-
- Indo-European root: gr̥ə-no-
- Indo-European root: gwei-
- Indo-European root: gwelə-
- Indo-European root: gwen-
- Indo-European root: gwerə-