Hazel

a genus of shrubs or small trees. It belongs to North America, Europe, North Africa, and Asia. The hazel produces the nuts called filberts, and grows best in a tolerably dry soil, The hazelnut oil is little inferior in flavor to that of almonds. The roots are used by cabinet-makers for veneering.; Hazeltine, Mayo Williams on, un American jaa born in Belfast, Me., in 1841.