filbert

[ fil-bert ]

noun

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

filbert

/ ˈfɪlbət /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of filbert¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of filbert¹

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

Example Sentences

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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