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filbert definition

fil·bert (fil′bərt)

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

Etymology: ME filberde, philliberd, prob. via NormFr (noix de) filbert, (nut of) Philibert, after St. Philibert, whose feast came in the nutting season

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