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Definition of Chilean hazelnut
1. Noun. Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut.
Group relationships: Genus Guevina, Guevina
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chilean Hazelnut
Literary usage of Chilean hazelnut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"There is a so-called filbert, or chilean hazelnut, that grows in South America.
This plant bears a nut similar to the filbert, but much larger in size and ..."
2. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, Luther Burbank Society (U.S.), John Whitson, Henry Smith Williams, Robert John (1915)
"There is a so-called filbert, or chilean hazelnut, that grows in South America.
This plant bears a nut similar to the filbert, but much larger in size and ..."
3. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"... and the sugar-bush (Protea melli- fera) of Australia and P. speciosa have a
sugary cell-sap. The oily seeds of the chilean hazelnut ..."
4. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"There is a so-called filbert, or chilean hazelnut, that grows in South America.
This plant bears a nut similar to the filbert, ..."