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}]
Hazelnut \Ha"zel*nut`\ (h[=a]"z'l*n[u^]t`), n. [AS. h[ae]selhnutu.] The nut of the hazel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]