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hazel vs Corylus americana

Corylus americana vs hazel

hazel and Corylus americana both are nouns.

hazel is an adjective but Corylus americana is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hazel Yes Yes No No
Corylus americana Yes No No No
As nouns, Corylus americana is a hyponym of hazel; that is, Corylus americana is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hazel:
  • hazel: any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
  • Corylus americana: nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America
hazel (noun) Corylus americana (noun)
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 nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
hazel (adjective) Corylus americana (adjective)
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
Difference between hazel and Corylus americana

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