hazel

n. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts n. the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) n. a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes s. of a light brown or yellowish brown color