hazelnut Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
    hazel; hazelnut tree.
  2. noun nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
    cobnut; filbert; cob.

WordNet


Ha"zel*nut` noun
Etymology
AS. hæselhnutu.
Definitions
  1. The nut of the hazel. Shak.

Webster 1913