(n.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert.
(n.) A miner's name for freestone.
(a.) Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
(a.) Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.
Example Sentences:
(1) In fact, less flashy politicians such as Jacqui Smith and Hazel Blears were the ones who made it to the top.
(2) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.
(3) TL 7 CHEWING SAND HAZEL HAYES Stats 25,000 subscribers, 800,000 views Who is she?
(4) If the majority of relevant tree pollens are to be included in a diagnostic or therapeutic programme in Western Sweden it should contain birch, alder, hazel, beech and bog-myrtle allergens.
(5) I think that's a challenge all of us go through, whether it's a parent knowing they are going to have to die and leave their kids behind or it's a young person saying I haven't left my mark yet, I lived for no reason – but that's a stupid way of thinking because as Hazel says in the book there will come a day when Mozart isn't remembered so don't worry about it!
(6) Falling more deeply in love in Amsterdam: Gus (Ansel Elgort) and Hazel (Shailene Woodley) Photograph: 20th Century Fox Were you nervous taking on the role of Augustus knowing there is such a strong fan base for the book and readers have such a strong image of the character in their heads?
(7) In previous experiments it was found that birch, beech, alder, hazel and oak are pollens with importance in pathogenesis of early pollinosis in our region of Central Europe.
(8) In subjects with light or hazel irides, phenylephrine caused maximal dilatation in 60 to 75 min, mean values being 5.6 mm with 1 drop of 2%, 6.0 mm with 2 drops of 2.5%, and 7.1 mm with 1 drop of 10%.
(9) Hazel Chandler's organisation has turned its music and art studios into a temporary shelter for the street youth it normally trains.
(10) To identify allergenic structures common to hazel pollen and hazelnuts, cross-reactivity of patients' IgE was investigated.
(11) Cross-incubations: birch pollen incubated with antibodies against hazel (Ab-CA), or alder (Ab-AI), showed various intensities of gold labelling for each of the three species.
(12) Should the NEC move to support this, ministers such as the communities secretary, Hazel Blears, would be vulnerable.
(13) And the friendship you see between Gus and Hazel, which in it's real love is friendship, when you see that, it's real.
(14) The Home Office minister Hazel Blears yesterday welcomed the report, and said: "We have always acknowledged that the CRB's initial performance was unacceptable.
(15) But axing Hazel Blears, the feisty communities secretary, would be more difficult.
(16) Intelligence and security committee report: the key findings Read more The leading Labour member on the ISC, Hazel Blears, said: “What we’ve found is that the way in which the agencies use the capabilities they have is authorised, lawful, necessary and proportionate.
(17) There are striking parallels, however, between the case of Bridger and that of Stuart Hazell, who earlier this month admitted murdering 12-year-old Tia Sharp in south London.
(18) About 70% of the world's hazelnuts are grown on steep slopes near Turkey's Black Sea coast, but this year's harvest is likely to be sharply down after hail storms and frost in late March destroyed hazel flowers at a critical moment in the growing season.
(19) Earlier, Brown promised that Labour's national executive would deselect MPs who had broken the rules of parliament, describing the expenses claims of his communities secretary, Hazel Blears, and the Labour MP for Luton South, Margaret Moran, as "completely unacceptable" – his harshest condemnation yet.
(20) Viewers were also agitated by the perceived bullying of Irish model Hazel O'Sullivan.
Jujube
Definition:
(n.) The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jujube acted as a mitigatory component for Glycyrrhiza.
(2) After administration of each extract of component crude drugs (Evodia fruit, Ginger, Ginseng: Jujube: such an effect was recognized only by Evodia fruit, and other component crude drugs exhibited no body temperature retaining effect in this experiment system.
(3) It was a characteristic that Pu Fuzhou treated the children pneumonia cases by using Pinelliae Tuber, Exocarpium Citri Rubrum, Jujube and Radix Glycyrrhizae.