hazel Synonyms
Another word for hazel
• adjective (Context 1)
Having a light reddish-brown, yellowish-brown, or greenish-brown color, especially in reference to the human iris.
"The portrait captured her striking reddish-brown eyes in the warm afternoon light."
• noun (Context 2)
A deciduous shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus in the birch family (Betulaceae), native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and bearing rounded leaves, pendulous male catkins, and edible nuts enclosed in leafy husks.
"The woodland border was planted with coppiced filbert to provide shelter for nesting songbirds."
• noun (Context 3)
A warm, light reddish-brown or greenish-brown color resembling the ripe shell of a hazelnut, often seen in human eye coloration.
"Her eyes were a warm shade of chestnut that seemed to shift toward green in bright sunlight."