filbert
the thick-shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana, of Europe.
a tree or shrub bearing such nuts.
Origin of filbert
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How to use filbert in a sentence
A boy put his hand into a jar of filberts and grasped as many as his fist could possibly hold.
At this time he persecuted Mme. Madou, a market dealer in filberts, who was his debtor.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheAll pure filberts we have tried in this locality are a failure.
It is also a good time to plant filberts, hazel-nuts, and barberries.
The Book of Sports: | William MartinSoft, here's Enfield church: I am so wet with climbing over into an orchard for to steal some filberts.
Filberts are distinguished from common nuts by their lengthened figure and larger size.
British Dictionary definitions for filbert
/ (ˈfɪlbət) /
any of several N temperate shrubs of the genus Corylus, esp C. maxima, that have edible rounded brown nuts: family Corylaceae
Also called: hazelnut, cobnut the nut of any of these shrubs
Origin of filbert
1- See also hazel (def. 1), hazel (def. 3)
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