Filbert

2 definitions found

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

  filbert \fil"bert\, n. [Perh. fr. fill + bread, as filling the
     bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or
     perh. named from a St.Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in
     the nutting season.]
     1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Corylus Avellana} or {Corylus
        maxima}, also called the hazel; the hazelnut. It is an


        oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild,
        farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts,
           especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees.
           The American hazelnuts are of two other species,
           {Corylus Americana} and {Corylus cornuta}, and are also
           sometimes called filberts.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. (Bot.) The tree bearing the filbert; the hazelnut tree.
        [PJC]
  
     {Filbert gall} (Zool.), a gall resembling a filbert in form,
        growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the
        larva of a gallfly ({Cecidomyia}).
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  filbert
       n 1: small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn: {cobnut},
            {Corylus avellana}, {Corylus avellana grandis}]
       2: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn: {hazelnut},
           {cobnut}, {cob}]