filbert : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: filbert	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for filbert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filbert n small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn: cobnut, filbert, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis] nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus Synonym(s): hazelnut, filbert, cobnut, cob
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] (Bot.) The fruit of the {Corylus Avellana} or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species. {Filbert gall} (Zo[94]l.), a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly ({Cecidomyia}).