hazelnut

/ˌheɪzəlˈnʌt/

/ˈheɪzəlnət/

Other forms: hazelnuts

Definitions of hazelnut

1. noun

   any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
   synonyms: hazel, hazelnut tree

   types:

   American hazel, Corylus americana

   nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America

   Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, cobnut, filbert

   small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

   Corylus cornuta, beaked hazelnut

   hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts

   type of:

   nut tree

   tree bearing edible nuts
2. noun

   nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
   synonyms: cob, cobnut, filbert

   type of:

   edible nut

   a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell