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hazel

On-Yomi: シン

Koohii stories:

1) [Katsuo] 13-1-2008(37): Tip: bonsai and wheat are later combined into Manchu dynasty (#2877 秦). Story: I come across lots of trees all planted in the Manchu dynasty. Then I notice every single one is a hazel tree. I wonder why? In the Manchu dynasty people must have been hazel nuts.

2) [Megaqwerty] 20-6-2007(10): I love hazelnuts so much that I had a hazel tree installed in my backyard. Mostly it's just for decoration, like a bonsai plant, but I harvest it like wheat every so often: there's just nothing better than homemade Nutella.

3) [Meconium] 14-2-2010(5): During the Qin dynasty, the hazel tree was by far the most popular plant around. Everyone was a hazel nut - they planted the trees everywhere, and went as far as naming all their daughters Hazel, and wearing hazel-coloured contact lenses so they could tell people their eye colour was hazel, and not brown.

4) [mantixen] 26-7-2009(3): In the Manchu dynasty (#2877 秦), hazel trees were common as people went hazel nuts planting trees the color of Wheaties! (thanks Katsuo).

5) [Neobeo] 14-1-2009(1): Little known fact: The hazelnut spread Nutella, which tastes so good on bread, does not in fact come the hazel tree, but the bonsai plant.

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