hazel

He said these forests were dominated by oak, hazel, elm, birch and pine but would have functioned as what we now recognise as a temperate rainforest in the wetter west.

From BBC ● May 25, 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

She is described as being 5 feet 10 and weighing 140 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024

No questions, no worries in her round hazel eyes, just that's fine.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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

We declare the season underway next week, but the natural stirring has been going on for some time, although probably unnoticed unless you grow camellias or witch hazels or keep honeybees.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2019

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

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2014

This is getting into the realm of high horticulture, but another approach Raymond uses is to plant things that bloom when it is too cold to go outside — witch hazels, edgeworthias, epimediums and hellebores.

From Washington Post

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