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Definition of Hazelnut
1. Noun. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk.
Terms within: Cob, Cobnut, Filbert
Group relationships: Corylus, Genus Corylus
Terms within: Hazel
Specialized synonyms: American Hazel, Corylus Americana, Cobnut, Corylus Avellana, Corylus Avellana Grandis, Filbert, Beaked Hazelnut, Corylus Cornuta
Generic synonyms: Nut Tree
2. Noun. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
Generic synonyms: Edible Nut
Group relationships: Hazel, Hazelnut Tree
Definition of Hazelnut
1. n. The nut of the hazel.
Definition of Hazelnut
1. Noun. fruit of the hazel tree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hazelnut
1. an edible nut [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazelnut
Literary usage of Hazelnut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Of smaller trees and shrubs, forming the dense copses and bordering the high
forest, small-leaf sugar maple, redbud, dogwood, and hazelnut prevail. ..."
2. Home Fruit Grower by Maurice Grenville Kains (1918)
"... hazelnut — Hickory Peanut—Pecan—Pistachio—Walnut EVERY year nuts are being
eaten in increasing quantities. Not only are they used by confectioners, ..."
3. Nature-study Readers by John Winthrop Troeger, Edna Beatrice Troeger (1899)
"It is used for carriage wheels, handles and other articles requiring toughness,
and vies with the hard maple as fuel. THE hazelnut. ..."
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