Found 2 items, similar to Filbert.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: filbert
filbert
n 1: small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn:
cobnut,
Corylus avellana,
Corylus avellana grandis]
2: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn:
hazelnut,
cobnut,
cob]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: filbert
filbert
\fil"bert\, n. [Perh. fr. fill + bread, as filling the
bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or
perh. named from a St.Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in
the nutting season.]
1. (Bot.) The fruit of the
Corylus Avellana or
Corylus maxima
, also called the hazel; the hazelnut. It is an
oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild,
farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts,
especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees.
The American hazelnuts are of two other species,
Corylus Americana and
Corylus cornuta, and are also
sometimes called filberts.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Bot.) The tree bearing the filbert; the hazelnut tree.
[PJC]
Filbert gall (Zo["o]l.), a gall resembling a filbert in
form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by
the larva of a gallfly (
Cecidomyia).
[1913 Webster]