FILBERT


Meaning of FILBERT in English

n. 1 the cultivated hazel, Corylus maxima, bearing edible ovoid nuts. 2 this nut.

[ ME philliberd etc. f. AF philbert, dial. F noix de filbert, a nut ripe about St Philibert's day (20 Aug.) ]

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