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Noun: filbert  fil-bu(r)t
  1. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
    "She sprinkled chopped filberts over the chocolate cake";
    - hazelnut, cobnut, cob
     
  2. Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
    "Filberts from their garden were perfect for making pralines";
    - cobnut, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis

Derived forms: filberts

Type of: edible nut, hazel, hazelnut, hazelnut tree, nut

Part of: hazel, hazelnut, hazelnut tree

Encyclopedia: Filbert, West Virginia