1. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
   "She sprinkled chopped hazelnuts over the chocolate cake"; "They gathered fresh cobs from the hazelnut trees";
   - filbert, cobnut, cob
    
2. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
   "We gathered hazelnuts from the hazelnut tree in our backyard";
   - hazel, hazelnut tree

Derived forms: hazelnuts

Type of: edible nut, nut, nut tree

Part of: Corylus, genus Corylus

Encyclopedia: Hazelnut