filbert
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- noun
- /ˈfɪlbərt/
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avellana
- Wild roses grew along the fences, and the orchards—some of them had thousands of fruit or filbert trees, and when they bloomed, they were glorious.
- hazelnuts—aka filberts
- filbert brush
- filbert bristle
Examples
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I added chopped filberts to the salad for extra crunch.
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We filled our pockets with filberts and pulled milky-white berries on purple stems from the shrubby dogwoods in the seep at the edge of the ridge.
Fiction book (1997) -
On the table are the remains of coffee and a cinnamon filbert ring.
Fiction book (1996) -
This is an excellent cinnamon filbert ring, Rita.
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I was out picking blackberries before there were any ripe ones, or looking for filberts, pears, or apples from trees gone wild from pioneer orchards.
Fiction book (1998) -
The bakery sells delicious cookies made with filbert nuts.
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During the harvest season, many people collect filberts from the trees.
Synonyms
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A small round nut or the tree that makes it, often used in sweets and coffee
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A shrub or small tree that produces edible round brown nuts
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A small tree or bush that grows edible nuts inside a leafy cover
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The edible nut from a hazel tree
A European tree that makes edible hazelnuts and useful wood
A type of hazelnut or the tree that grows it in Britain and Europe
A tree that people grow for nuts you can eat, pretty branches, and useful wood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Filbert comes from the name of Saint Philibert, whose feast day falls when the hazelnuts are ripe, so filbert became the name for the 'hazel nut'.