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Definition of Avellan
1. Adjective. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
Definition of Avellan
1. having the four arms shaped like filberts -- used of a heraldic cross [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avellan
Literary usage of Avellan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law as Interpreted During the Russo-Japanese War by Frederick Edwin Smith Birkenhead, Norman Wise Sibley (1907)
"The Admiralty Council consisted of Admiral avellan, President; four admirals;
Professor de Martens representing the Foreign Office; Senators Tiesenhausen ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"The principal varieties are the Princess of Wales, Admiral avellan, La France,
California, and Baron Rothschild. The last is a promising variety, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1875)
"... Evax, or Leonardus ; I have produced the priceless opal, cast to mould, and
of purest water, from the size of an avellan-nut to that of a small castane. ..."
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