filbert

[ fil-bert ]

/ ˈfɪl bərt /

the thick-shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana, of Europe.

a tree or shrub bearing such nuts.

Origin of filbert

1250–1300; Middle English, short for filbert nut, so called because ripe by Aug. 22 (St. Philbert's day)

Well, I would not give a filbert for all the women born since mother Eve!

The Golden Dog |William Kirby
The moment of fruition comes, and a filbert thumbnail spuds the hardened lozenge off the smooth glaze.

Somehow Good |William de Morgan
Filbert and walnut are the only nut trees grown commercially to any extent in the nurseries of the northwest.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the |Various
Some shrubs have several of these galls, which are of various sizes, from that of a filbert to that of a walnut.

Insect Architecture |James Rennie

Mr. Olcott: Mr. Bartlett said he hoped the day would come when the filbert and hazels would be produced in this country.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the |Various

filbert

/ (ˈfɪlbət) /

any of several N temperate shrubs of the genus Corylus, esp C. maxima, that have edible rounded brown nuts: family Corylaceae

Also called: hazelnut, cobnut the nut of any of these shrubs

C14: named after St Philbert, 7th-century Frankish abbot, because the nuts are ripe around his feast day, Aug 22