Found 2 items, similar to Corylus avellana.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana
n : small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn:
cobnut,
filbert,
Corylus avellana grandis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Corylus avellana
Hazel
\Ha"zel\ (h[=a]"z'l), n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[ae]sel; akin to
D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan &
Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus
Corylus, as
the
Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel
of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American
species are
Corylus Americana, which produces the common
hazelnut, and
Corylus rostrata. See
Filbert. --Gray.
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2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond.
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Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
Hazel grouse (Zo["o]l.), a European grouse (
Bonasa betulina
), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
Hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe.
Witch hazel. See
Witch-hazel, and
Hamamelis.
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