Definition of Filbirt
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.
&fist; 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 (Zoöl.), a gall
resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It
is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A small nut that grows on large bushes. The hazelnut.
- A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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