beaked hazelnut

9.7

A shrub from western North America that produces nuts in long beaklike coverings

noun
/biːkt ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt/

: avellano con pico

The beaked hazelnut grows in forests across western North America.

Examples

Squirrels often gather beaked hazelnut seeds for food in late summer.
Its distinctive involucre makes the beaked hazelnut easy for botanists to identify.
The beaked hazelnut is found in many forests.
Have you ever seen a beaked hazelnut tree?
Its distinctive involucre makes the beaked hazelnut easy for botanists to identify.
The beaked hazelnut grows in forests across western North America.
Squirrels often gather beaked hazelnut seeds for food in late summer.

Synonyms

Corylus cornuta

vsbeaked hazelnut

Specialized

9.8

A North American hazel shrub with nuts covered by a long beak-like husk

is the common name referring to the same shrub rather than the scientific label

Surface Forms

beaked hazelnut singular

beaked hazelnuts plural

Morphology

beaked + hazelnut

The compound is a straightforward adjective+noun description: 'beaked' (having a beak-like projection) modifying 'hazelnut' (the nut/tree), so the phrase denotes a hazelnut with beaklike coverings. This is a regular, descriptive composition common across languages and therefore a B1 learner who knows the two constituents should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Beaked hazelnut: The name beaked hazelnut comes from the plant's look: the 'nut' sits inside a long, pointy 'covering' that looks like a bird's beak. That's why the name links beaked and hazelnut and helps people spot this 'bush' in the forest.