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Definition of Filbert
1. Noun. Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe.
Generic synonyms: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree
2. Noun. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
Generic synonyms: Edible Nut
Group relationships: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree
Definition of Filbert
1. n. The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
Definition of Filbert
1. Noun. The hazelnut. ¹
2. Noun. The hazel tree. ¹
3. Noun. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Filbert
1. the edible nut of a European shrub [n -S]
Medical Definition of Filbert
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Filbert
Literary usage of Filbert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"Grafting superior sorts on stocks of the common filbert or hazel-nut in March,
... The filbert does not become very productive in a young state; ..."
2. The Nut Culturist: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1896)
"The filbert has been celebrated in prose and poetry from ancient times, ...
There is little to be said in regard to the history of the filbert and hazelnut ..."
3. The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and by Charles McIntosh (1839)
"The female flowers are bright purple, small, and proceed from the largest buds.
Like the cherry, the filbert is a native of Pontus ; from whence it was ..."
4. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"The filbert is also naturally a wild tree, in that its fruit is little, if at
all, inferior to that of the tree in cultivation, that it can stand winter, ..."
5. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"The term filbert is supposed, according to some, to be a corruption of full beard,
... Did.; C. saliva Bauh. ; CR nibra Ait.; red filbert, Hort. ..."
6. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the by George Smith (1862)
"The Yates, or Logan House, on filbert street fronting the Delaware, is said to
have been built that year. It is a substantial two-storied brick house, ..."
7. The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-cook, and Baker: Plain and Practical by Eleanor Parkinson (1844)
"filbert Ice Cream.—One quart of cream, one pound of nuts, and twelve ounces of
... Burnt filbert Ice Cream.—Use the same proportions as in filbert ice; ..."
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