Thesaurus: filbert

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1. n. The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
2. n. small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
3. n. nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
4. The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species. Filbert gall (Zoöl.), a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia).
5. The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut,containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste,agreeable to the palate.
6. n:100 n small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe n nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus