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filbert

/fil-bert/US // ˈfɪl bərt //UK // (ˈfɪlbət) //

榛子,榛树,榛子树,榛榛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the thick-shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana, of Europe.
    • : a tree or shrub bearing such nuts.

Examples

  • Everything about Laura Filbert had its abnormal side, none the less obvious because it was inward and invisible.

  • In the intervals between the exercises Miss Filbert came and went in the cabin of three young Salvationists of her own sex.

  • The moment of fruition comes, and a filbert thumbnail spuds the hardened lozenge off the smooth glaze.

  • Over the roots of the filbert, fig, and mulberry, crept the prolific melon.

  • Beside him, and in strong contrast, sat a young man of the Filbert genus.