n. A plant of the genus Corylus, shrubs or small trees belonging to the natural order Cupuliferæ, or oak family, and giving name to the tribe Coryleæ, to which the hornbeams also belong.Made of or belonging to the hazel.Of a light-brown color, like the hazelnut.n. The wood of the sweet-gum, Liquidambar Styraciflua: a common use of the word among lumbermen and builders of the eastern United States.n. In Australia, either of two small evergreen trees of the buckthorn family, Pomaderris apetala and P. lanigera, yielding excellent wood. See bastard dogwoodn. cooper's-wood, and Pomaderris.n. A soil consisting of a mixture of gravel or sand, clay, and loam.