hazel

noun

• 1a temperate shrub or small tree with broad leaves, bearing prominent male catkins in spring and round hard-shelled edible nuts in autumn.

  • Genus Corylus, family Betulaceae: several species, in particular the common Eurasian hazel (C. avellana), formerly widely managed as coppice

• 2a reddish-brown or greenish-brown color, especially of someone’s eyes.