Definition of Chilean hazelnut

1. Noun. Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut.

Exact synonyms: Chile Hazel, Chile Nut, Chilean Nut, Guevina Avellana, Guevina Heterophylla
Group relationships: Genus Guevina, Guevina
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chilean Hazelnut

Chile
Chile bonito
Chile hazel
Chile nut
Chile tarweed
Chilean
Chilean Sign Language
Chilean bonito
Chilean cedar
Chilean eagle
Chilean eagles
Chilean firebush
Chilean flameflower
Chilean flamingo
Chilean flamingos
Chilean hazelnut
Chilean jasmine
Chilean monetary unit
Chilean nut
Chilean peso
Chilean rimu
Chilean salad
Chilean saltpeter
Chilean strawberry
Chilean tinamou
Chilean tinamous
Chileanism
Chileans
Chilian
Chilians

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, ..."

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