filbert

[ fil-bert ]
/ ˈfɪl bərt /

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)

Words nearby filbert

filariid, filasse, filate, filatov flap, filature, filbert, filch, filchner ice shelf, file, file band, file card
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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
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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