Associations to the word «Filbert»

Wiktionary

FILBERT, noun. The hazelnut.
FILBERT, noun. The hazel tree.
FILBERT, noun. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
FILBERT GALL, noun. A gall shaped like a hazelnut, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia).

Dictionary definition

FILBERT, noun. Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe.
FILBERT, noun. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.

Wise words

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