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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 Europe
Familiarity information: CORYLUS AVELLANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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