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CORYLUS AVELLANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corylus avellana mean? 

CORYLUS AVELLANA (noun)
  The noun CORYLUS AVELLANA has 1 sense:

1. small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europeplay

  Familiarity information: CORYLUS AVELLANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORYLUS AVELLANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cobnut; Corylus avellana; Corylus avellana grandis; filbert

Hypernyms ("Corylus avellana" is a kind of...):

hazel; hazelnut; hazelnut tree (any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk)


 Context examples 


The oil extracted from the nuts of Corylus avellana.

(European Hazelnut Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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