filbert
Americannoun
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the thick-shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana, of Europe.
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a tree or shrub bearing such nuts.
noun
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any of several N temperate shrubs of the genus Corylus , esp C. maxima , that have edible rounded brown nuts: family Corylaceae
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Also called: hazelnut. cobnut. the nut of any of these shrubs
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
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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
Almost any good soil that is rich enough to produce a good crop of corn, and is not submerged in winter, will answer for the filbert in this country.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.
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
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