HAZEL
What does "HAZEL" mean?
A shrub or small tree bearing edible nuts, or the light golden-brown colour of its shells.
Meanings
- A temperate shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, which produces hazelnuts. A row of hazel grew along the hedge.
- A light reddish or golden-brown colour, especially of eyes. Her eyes were a warm hazel.
- Of a light golden-brown colour. He had hazel eyes that shifted shade in the light.
Did you know?
- Hazel is the classic wood of dowsing rods: for centuries water-witches have walked fields holding a forked hazel twig, trusting it to dip toward hidden springs.
Word origin
From Old English 'hæsel', from Proto-Germanic 'haslaz', related to Latin 'corulus'; the eye-colour sense derives from the nut's shell colour.
Remember it
HAZEL eyes catch the 'haze' of golden light - the colour hides right inside the word.
A little poem
Forked twig in the palm-
the dowser walks the dry field
trusting wood to point.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the dowser why he uses hazel. He said it's the only branch that won't let him squirrel away the truth.
What it teaches
Hazel proves a colour can be named for a thing it merely resembles - we describe the world by borrowing.
Quick facts
What does HAZEL mean?
A shrub or small tree bearing edible nuts, or the light golden-brown colour of its shells.
Is HAZEL a valid word?
Yes — HAZEL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HAZEL?
HAZEL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HAZEL come from?
From Old English 'hæsel', from Proto-Germanic 'haslaz', related to Latin 'corulus'; the eye-colour sense derives from the nut's shell colour.
What can HAZEL teach us?
Hazel proves a colour can be named for a thing it merely resembles - we describe the world by borrowing.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.