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Noun: hazelnut  'heyzul`nút
  1. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
    - hazel, hazelnut tree
     
  2. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
    - filbert, cobnut, cob

Derived forms: hazelnuts

Type of: edible nut, nut tree

Part of: Corylus, genus Corylus

Encyclopedia: Hazelnut