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

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

Red Hazel, Avelinier Rouge.—Nut medium ovate, not long as in the tubulosa, or Lambert's filbert; shell thick; husk long and hispid.

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.

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