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filbert

N ผลไม้ ยุโรป จำพวก  Corylus avellana ต้น หรือ ผล  hazel hazel pon-la-mai-yu-rub

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FILBERT

n.[L. avellana, with which the first syllable corresponds; fil, vel.] The fruit of the Corylus or hazel; an egg shaped nut, containing a kernel, that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, which is agreeable to the palate. The oil is said to be little inferior to the oil of almonds.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FILBERT

Fil "bert, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. fill + bread, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss (lit. , bread nut ) filbert; or perh. named from a St. Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.

 

Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species. Filbert gall (Zoöl.), a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

filbert

fil bert |ˈfilbərt ˈfɪlbərt | noun 1 a cultivated hazel tree that bears edible oval nuts. [Genus Corylus, family Betulaceae: several species, in particular the giant filbert (Corylus maxima ).] the nut of this tree. 2 (also filbert brush ) a brush with bristles forming a flattened oval head, used in oil painting. ORIGIN Middle English fylberd, from Anglo-Norman French philbert, dialect French noix de filbert (so named because it is ripe about August 20, the feast day of St. Philibert ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

filbert

fil |bert |ˈfɪlbət | noun 1 a cultivated hazel tree that bears edible oval nuts. Genus Corylus, family Betulaceae: several species, in particular the Kentish cob (Corylus maxima ). the nut of the filbert tree. Also called cob 1. 2 (also filbert brush ) a brush with bristles forming a flattened oval head, used in oil painting. ORIGIN Middle English fylberd, from Anglo-Norman French philbert, dialect French noix de filbert (so named because it is ripe about 20 August, the feast day of St Philibert ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

filbert

fil bert /fɪ́lbə r t /名詞 C 〘植 〙(セイヨウ )ハシバミ (の実 )(hazel nut ) 〘欧州産の低木; 実は食用 〙.