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Webster 1913 Edition
filbert
fil′bert
,Noun.
[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.] 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. 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
).Webster 1828 Edition
Filbert
FIL'BERT
,Noun.
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.