hazelnut

2 definitions found

hazelnut - 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]

hazelnut - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]