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‘A tree can be hazel.’

[⟨det tree.n⟩ hazel.a]

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In Wikipedia:

“’Virgula divina ’”, or “’Baculus divinatorius ’”, was a form of divining rod created from the forked branch of a hazel tree, used in the discovery of underground mines, springs, etc.
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In the British National Corpus:

A blackbird sang from a hazel tree with swinging yellow catkins; buds were just beginning to open into miniature bright green leaves.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It was thought the divine power of the hazel tree could connect directly with Mercury’s guidance and lead the dowser to water.
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In Wikipedia:

“’Haslam ’” which means’dweller under the hazel tree’ is a shortening of the name “Hazelham”, meaning a village near a hazel tree.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The hazel tree last reported was plundered by squirrels or jays long before I arrived with a basket, but upon closer investigation, I discovered that the entire surrounding little wood is populated by many hazels.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Affirmation blankets, New World flags, talismen, Native American flutes, dowsing rods, statues for the musically inclined among you. & for jam band fans who are there more for the event than the music an automated teller machine waiting to eat the nine nuts of poetic wisdom dropped into the sacred pool from the hazel tree growing beside it.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

HAZEL Corylus avellana modern name: hazel Romans called it: corylus, from Greek korys,’ ’ helmet “Sacred to: Mercury Virtues: eloquence, thought, peace C. avellana in Germany -’ ‘contorta’’ cultivar in winter Like the apple, the hazel tree does best in the milder climates of Northern Europe and Great Britain, but it grows readily in Mediterranean climates and became very popular in the Roman world.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When I got onto the street, I saw his tail disappear through the fence where the hazel tree is.
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In Wikipedia:

There seems to have been a belief in a world tree, which in Germanic mythology was an ash tree (Norse Yggdrasil; Irminsul), in Hinduism a banyan tree, in Lithuanian mythology Jievaras, and an oak tree in Slavic mythology, and a hazel tree in Celtic mythology.
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In the British National Corpus:

There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But here a fox was running or maybe wasn’t running or maybe a mad ostrich or kind, we might presume Or possibly a sweeper who traipsed along the countryside to find the nearest hazel tree and carve himself a broom Oh listen my dear crow unless you are a dog or possibly a cow the finest cow of all your feathers are exquisite your horns are really something your hooves are nice and slim and what a kindly soul!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She continues to visit the hazel tree, but in the joy of her married life she cannot seem to summon the tears that kept it watered for so many years.
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In the British National Corpus:

On the lower branch of a hazel tree, a greenish bird with a very white belly was singing vigorously.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In Wikipedia:

They find a noble and beautiful woman named La Codre (modern French “coudrier”, “hazel tree”).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Cinderella eventually goes to the hazel tree and wishes for a loving husband to whisk her away from her family.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Because of this divine nature, the hazel tree was a symbol to the ancients of peace, virtue, and the ability to commune with the gods.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Noisette (Noiz) [Bouquet # 3]: French noisetier, meaning’ ’ hazel tree’ ’ (which has tiny, magenta – colored flowers).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Rushing back to her mother’s grave, she dissolves in tears at the foot of the hazel tree.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.