Hypertext Webster Gateway: "filbert"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Filbert \Fil"bert\, n. [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.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the {Corylus Avellana} or hazel. 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.
{Filbert gall} (Zo["o]l.), a gall resembling a filbert in
form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by
the larva of a gallfly ({Cecidomyia}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
filbert
n 1: small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn: {cobnut},
{Corylus avellana}, {Corylus avellana grandis}]
2: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn: {hazelnut},
{cobnut}, {cob}]
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