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Hazelnut   /hˈeɪzəlnˌət/   Listen
Hazelnut

noun
1.
Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk.  Synonyms: hazel, hazelnut tree.
2.
Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.  Synonyms: cob, cobnut, filbert.



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"Hazelnut" Quotes from Famous Books



... who being usually shrewd observers would locate by the aid of a hazel twig the exact spot where water could be found. In searching for water one sometimes runs across these men even to-day. The superstitious faith in the power of the forked twig or branch from the hazelnut bush to indicate by its twisting or turning the presence of underground water was at one time widespread, but only the very slightest foundation of fact exists for the ...
— The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) • Various
... shieling in the wood, None save my God has knowledge of it, An ash-tree and a hazelnut Its two sides shut, great ...
— A Celtic Psaltery • Alfred Perceval Graves


Words linked to "Hazelnut" :   Corylus avellana, genus Corylus, edible nut, American hazel, Corylus, nut tree, Corylus cornuta, Corylus americana, Corylus avellana grandis


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