hazel
noun
[ ˈheɪz(ə)l ]
• a temperate shrub or small tree with broad leaves, bearing prominent male catkins in spring and round hard-shelled edible nuts in autumn.
• a reddish-brown or greenish-brown colour, especially of a person's eyes.
• "the laughing hazel eyes were serious now"
Origin:
Old English hæsel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hazelaar ‘hazel tree’, hazelnoot ‘hazelnut’, and German Hasel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin corylus .
