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Definition of Cobnut
1. Noun. Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe.
Exact synonyms: Corylus Avellana, Corylus Avellana Grandis, Filbert
Generic synonyms: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree
Generic synonyms: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree
2. Noun. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
Exact synonyms: Cob, Filbert, Hazelnut
Generic synonyms: Edible Nut
Group relationships: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree
Generic synonyms: Edible Nut
Group relationships: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree
Definition of Cobnut
1. n. A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.
Definition of Cobnut
1. Noun. The nut of the Common Hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cobnut
1. an edible nut [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cobnut
Literary usage of Cobnut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... childish game cobnut, or (rather) the throwing of a ball at a heape of nuts,
which, when done, the thrower takes as many as he hath hit or scattered. ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1892)
"The "cobnut" husk has shrivelled back, leaving only the thick juicy calyx, ...
If you look at a filbert or a cobnut, you will see upon the kernel the- ..."
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