What is the difference between filbert and hazel?
As nouns the difference between filbert and hazel is that filbert is the hazelnut while hazel is a tree or shrub of the genus corylus , bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. As a adjective hazel is of a greenish-brown colour (often used to refer to eye colour).
filbert
English
Noun
(en noun )
The hazelnut.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
- I’ll bring thee / To clust’ring filberts , and sometimes I’ll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.
The hazel tree.
A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
Synonyms
* (nut) hazelnut
* (tree) hazelnut
Hyponyms
* cobnut (usually the common hazel (Corylus avellana ) which grows in the UK and Europe)
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hazel
Noun
(en-noun)
A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus , bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
The nut of the hazel tree.
The wood of a hazelnut tree.
A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
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(mining) freestone
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Quotations
* , Scene I
*: Kate, like the hazel -twig,
*: Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue
*: As hazel nuts, and sweeter than the kernels.
Synonyms
* (nut) filbert, hazelnut
Adjective
Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
Derived terms
* hazel grouse
* hazelnut
* witch hazel/wych hazel
See also
* lamb’s tails
* sweet gum
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