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hazel

[hey-zuhl] / ˈheɪ zəl /




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Cooper described one of the other men as a bald Black man, approximately 5 feet 9 inches or 5 feet 10 inches tall, with light-brown or hazel eyes and a blue patterned crew-neck shirt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

The facility will deliver care for zoo animals, monitor emerging diseases in the wild and undertake conservation work such as health-checking wildlife including hazel dormice before releases into the wild.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Their findings show that temperate woodland species, including oak, elm, and hazel, were present much earlier than suggested by pollen records from Britain.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2026

The missile, named after the Russian word for hazel tree, was first fired on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro in 2024.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

I look over, taking in the curly brown hair, hazel eyes identical to mine, the familiar smile.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

When placing plants in the quiet-season garden, Fox recommends planting dark-flowered witch hazels where the winter sun will shine through their blossoms, and placing light-colored flowers against an evergreen backdrop.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2021

In theory, the warmer, shorter winter opens up new possibilities for the garden, allowing landscapes to become alive with such things as the misnamed autumn-flowering cherry tree, witch hazels, camellias, Japanese flowering apricot and snowdrops.

From Washington Post Jun. 1, 2021

No garden should be without hellebores or a daphne or two, winterberry hollies and witch hazels.

From Washington Post Nov. 19, 2019

TUE Ray Larson, Curator of Living Collections, on witch hazels, 7:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times Jan. 15, 2014

As quickly as they could they scrambled off the beaten way and up into the deep heather and bilberry brushwood on the slopes above, until they came to a small patch of thick-growing hazels.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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