hazelnut
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See also: hazel nut
English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]
Equivalent to hazel + nut; from Middle English haselnote, from Old English hæselhnutu (“hazelnut”). Cognate with West Frisian hazzenút (“hazelnut”), Saterland Frisian Hoaselnuute (“hazelnut”), Dutch hazelnoot, German Haselnuss.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hazelnut (plural hazelnuts)
- The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.
Synonyms[edit]
- cob, cobnut (usually the common hazel (Corylus avellana) which grows in the UK and Europe; filbert (usually the American hazel (Corylus americana or Corylus maxima) which is common in Oregon.)
Derived terms[edit]
- American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
- beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)
- California hazelnut (Corylus cornuta subsp. californica)
- Chilean hazelnut (Gevuina avellana)
- hazelnut aphid (Corylobium avellanae)
- hazelnut gall midge (Mikomyia coryli)
- hazelnut milk
- hazelnut mite (Tetranycopsis horridus)
- Siberian hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla)
Translations[edit]
fruit
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shrub — see hazel
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