hazelnut (n.)

  1. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

    [ Syn: hazel , hazelnut tree ]

  2. nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus

    [ Syn: filbert , cobnut , cob ]

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