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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A filbert bounced off its eye, but it seemed not to notice.
From Nature • Aug. 28, 2018
Bertha bit into a filbert, then raced into the kitchen, retching.
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
What say you, my t'other little filbert, eh?
From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George
If a man had three or four of these little creatures, which are not larger than a filbert, he could read as well at night as with a wax light.
From Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 by Champlain, Samuel de
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