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FILBERT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Synonyms:
cob; cobnut; filbert; hazelnut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("filbert" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("filbert" is a part of...):
hazel; hazelnut; hazelnut tree (any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
Synonyms:
cobnut; Corylus avellana; Corylus avellana grandis; filbert
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("filbert" is a kind of...):
hazel; hazelnut; hazelnut tree (any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk)
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