hazelnut

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hazelnut
    n 1: any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus
         bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk [syn:
         {hazelnut}, {hazel}, {hazelnut tree}]
    2: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn:
       {hazelnut}, {filbert}, {cobnut}, {cob}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hazelnut \Ha"zel*nut`\ (h[=a]"z'l*n[u^]t`), n. [AS.
   h[ae]selhnutu.]
   The nut of the hazel. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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