a temperate shrub or small tree with broad leaves, bearing prominent male catkins in spring and round hard-shelled edible nuts in autumn 榛子
Genus Corylus, family Betulaceae: several species, in particular the common Eurasian hazel (C. avellana), formerly widely managed as coppice 榛属,桦木科:数种,尤指普通的欧榛(拉丁名C. aoellana)
[mass noun]a reddish-brown or greenish-brown colour, especially of someone's eyes (尤指某人的眼睛)棕红色(或棕绿色)
语源
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