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 fil·bert n.
 1. Bot. The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or Corylus maxima, also called the hazel; the hazelnut.  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, Corylus Americana and Corylus cornuta, and are also sometimes called filberts.
 Filbert gall Zool., a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines.  It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia).
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 Corylus cornuta
      n : hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike
          involucres on the nuts [syn: beaked hazelnut]