filbert

American  

[fil-bert] / ˈfɪl bərt /

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.

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filbert British  

/ 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 called: hazelnut.   cobnut.  the nut of any of these shrubs

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Etymology

Origin of filbert

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

Example Sentences

Bertha bit into a filbert, then raced into the kitchen, retching.

From Nature • Aug. 28, 2018

A filbert bounced off its eye, but it seemed not to notice.

From Nature • Aug. 28, 2018

Some of us also called her Fil, as in filbert, which everyone knows is the least desirable nut.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2016

Greedy pig! alice is standing behind edward, considering his hair-parting apparently. alice.   Crack me a filbert, please, Edward . .

From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Granville-Barker, Harley

Then on the other side of the garden there was a filbert grove that he had never explored on any of his former visits; and again there was a find.

From The Terror A Mystery by Machen, Arthur