hazel
/ˈheɪzəl/noun
1
- 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。
1.1
- 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. avellana）。
2
- mass noun a reddish-brown or greenish-brown colour, especially of someone's eyes（尤指人的眼睛）棕红色（或棕绿色）。
词源
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.