filbert

filbert
noun
  1. a cultivated hazel tree that bears edible oval nuts
    榛(子)树
  2. Genus Corylus, family Betulaceae: several species, in particular the Kentish cob (Corylus maxima)
    榛属,桦木科:数种,尤指马氏榛
    ■the nut of this tree
    榛子。 亦称 cob
  3. (亦作 filbert brush)a brush with bristles forming a flattened oval head, used in oil painting
    (油画用的扁平椭圆头)榛形毛笔
语源
  1. Middle English fylberd, from Anglo-Norman French philbert, dialect French noix de filbert (so named because it is ripe about 20 August, the feast day of St Philibert)
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