filbert

[ fil-bert ]

noun

the thick-shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana, of Europe.
a tree or shrub bearing such nuts.

Origin of filbert

1250–1300; Middle English, short for filbert nut, so called because ripe by Aug. 22 (St. Philbert's day)

Words Nearby filbert

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How to use filbert in a sentence

Everything about Laura filbert had its abnormal side, none the less obvious because it was inward and invisible.
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In the intervals between the exercises Miss filbert came and went in the cabin of three young Salvationists of her own sex.
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The moment of fruition comes, and a filbert thumbnail spuds the hardened lozenge off the smooth glaze.
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Over the roots of the filbert, fig, and mulberry, crept the prolific melon.
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Beside him, and in strong contrast, sat a young man of the filbert genus.
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British Dictionary definitions for filbert

filbert

/ (ˈfɪlbət) /

noun

any of several N temperate shrubs of the genus Corylus, esp C. maxima, that have edible rounded brown nuts: family Corylaceae
Also called: hazelnut, cobnut the nut of any of these shrubs

Origin of filbert

C14: named after St Philbert, 7th-century Frankish abbot, because the nuts are ripe around his feast day, Aug 22

See also hazel (def. 1), hazel (def. 3)

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