filbert
filbert definition
fil·bert (fil′bərt)
noun
- the edible nut of a hazel, esp. of a cultivated European tree (Corylus avellana or C. maxima); hazelnut
- 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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