Hazelnut

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]