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filbert 音标拼音: [f'ɪlbɚt] n. 榛树,榛子 榛树,榛子 filbert n 1: small nut- bearing tree much grown in Europe [ synonym: { cobnut}, { filbert}, { Corylus avellana}, { Corylus avellana grandis}] 2: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [ synonym: { hazelnut}, { filbert}, { cobnut}, { cob}] filbert \ fil" bert\, n. [ Perh. fr. fill bread, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss ( lit., bread nut) filbert; or perh. named from a St. Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.] 1. ( Bot.) The fruit of the { Corylus Avellana} or { Corylus maxima}, also called the hazel; the hazelnut. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species, { Corylus Americana} and { Corylus cornuta}, and are also sometimes called filberts. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 2. ( Bot.) The tree bearing the filbert; the hazelnut tree. [ PJC] { Filbert gall} ( Zool.), a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly ({ Cecidomyia}). [ 1913 Webster]
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