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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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... seedlings grew into a bushy tree ten or twelve feet high. For several years it bore a crop which, though meager, was composed of large, attractive nuts shaped like those of the common American hazel but very unlike the true Rush hazelnut. One year this tree began to fail and I tried to save it or propagate it by layering and sprouting seeds. Unfortunately it did not occur to me at that time to graft it to a wild hazel to perpetuate it. I still lament my oversight as the tree finally died and a very hardy ...
— Growing Nuts in the North • Carl Weschcke


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


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