filbert

Definition of Filbert in English :

small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

2. cob, cobnut, filbert, hazelnut

nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Filbert

noun

1.

any of several N temperate shrubs of the genus Corylus, esp C. maxima, that have edible rounded brown nuts: family Corylaceae

2. Also called: hazelnut, cobnut

the nut of any of these shrubs

noun

1.

the edible nut of a hazel, esp. of a cultivated European tree (Corylus avellana or C. maxima); hazelnut

2.

a tree bearing this nut

n.

1. See hazel.