hazel

Filbert tree's color

Hazel is a shrub or small tree that produces edible nuts, and the light brown color of those nuts—a warm shade tinged with green or gold.

Hazel eyes are notable for shifting between brown and green depending on lighting.

The wood was traditionally used for divining rods and woven fencing.

She has beautiful hazel eyes. (Capitalized Hazel is a given name.)

nut

filbert

Cultivated hazel nut

roasted · praline · butter · spread · Nutella · torte · biscotti · liqueur · Frangelico · harvest

color

tan

Yellowish-brown hue

tawny · warm · muted · earthy · neutral · khaki · taupe · fawn · chestnut · autumnal

shrub

catkin

Pendulous tree flower spike

underbrush · copse · bush · twiggy · deciduous · woodland · native · wildlife · dormouse · pollarding

eye

iris

Eye's pigmented disc

flecked · golden · sight · vision · glance · stare · ocular · blink · perception

Categories
Opposites
eye color spectrum

hazeljet black

Deepest possible dark

blue · steel blue · black · pale blue · grey

color warmth and chromaticity

hazelachromatic

Lacking visible hue

gray · white · black · ice blue · colorless

tree/shrub type

hazeloak

Quercus genus member

redwood · sequoia · pine · spruce · fir

Phrases
Family

hazelnut, hazels, witch hazel, hazel-eyed

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G