filbert
[ fil-bert ]
/ ˈfɪl bərt /
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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.
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Origin of filbert
1250–1300; Middle English, short for filbert nut, so called because ripe by Aug. 22 (St. Philbert's day)
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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
See also hazel (def. 1), hazel (def. 3)
Word Origin for filbert
C14: named after St Philbert, 7th-century Frankish abbot, because the nuts are ripe around his feast day, Aug 22
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