filbert tree

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• 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.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Corylus Avellana} or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Filbert gall — 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.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Corylus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• filbert — [fil′bərt] n. [ME filberde, philliberd, prob. via NormFr ( noix de) filbert, (nut of) Philibert, after St. Philibert, whose feast came in the nutting season] 1. the edible nut of a hazel, esp. of a cultivated European tree (Corylus avellana or C …   English World dictionary

• filbert — /fil beuhrt/, n. 1. the thick shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, esp. of Corylus avellana, of Europe. 2. a tree or shrub bearing such nuts. [1250 1300; ME, short for filbert nut, so called because ripe by Aug. 22 (St.… …   Universalium

• filbert — noun 1》 a cultivated oval hazelnut. 2》 the tree that bears filberts. [Corylus maxima and other species.] 3》 (also filbert brush) a brush with bristles forming a flattened oval head, used in oil painting. Origin ME fylberd, from Anglo Norman Fr.… …   English new terms dictionary

• filbert — fil•bert [[t]ˈfɪl bərt[/t]] n. 1) pln the thick shelled edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, esp. of Corylus avellana, of Europe 2) pln a tree or shrub bearing such nuts • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME, short for filbert nut, so called …   From formal English to slang

• filbert — /ˈfɪlbət/ (say filbuht) noun 1. the thick shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, especially of Corylus avellana. 2. a tree or shrub bearing such nuts. {Middle English filbert (nut) nut of St Philibert, so called because… …  

• filbert blight — noun : a blight of the filbert caused by a bacterium (Xanthomonas corylina) and characterized especially by the formation on the trunk of cankers which often girdle and kill the tree …   Useful english dictionary

• filbert — noun /ˈfɪlbət/lang=en a) The hazelnut. b) The hazel tree. Syn: cobnut, hazelnut …   Wiktionary

• Filbert — Fruit of the hazel tree; so named as it ripened close to St Philbert s day, 22 August …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• Fruit tree propagation — is usually carried out through asexual reproduction by grafting or budding the desired variety onto a suitable rootstock. Perennial plants can be propagated either by sexual or vegetative means. Sexual reproduction occurs when male pollen from… …   Wikipedia