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hazel vs Corylus avellana

Corylus avellana vs hazel

hazel and Corylus avellana both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hazel Yes Yes No No
Corylus avellana Yes No No No
As nouns, Corylus avellana is a hyponym of hazel; that is, Corylus avellana 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 avellana: small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
hazel (noun) Corylus avellana (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 small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
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 avellana (adjective)
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
Difference between hazel and Corylus avellana

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