hazelnut

• hazel nut

Equivalent to hazel +‎ nut; from Middle English haselnote, from Old English hæselhnutu (“hazelnut”). Cognate with West Frisian hazzenút (“hazelnut”), Saterland Frisian Hoaselnuute (“hazelnut”), Dutch hazelnoot, German Haselnuss.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzəlnʌt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌt

hazelnut (plural hazelnuts)

1. The fruit of the hazel tree.

• cob, cobnut (usually the common hazel (Corylus avellana) which grows in the UK and Europe; filbert (usually the American hazel (Corylus americana or Corylus maxima) which is common in Oregon.)