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English noun: hazelnut

1. hazelnut (plant) any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk


Synonymshazel, hazelnut tree


Broader (hypernym)nut tree


Narrower (hyponym)American hazel, beaked hazelnut, cobnut, Corylus americana, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, Corylus cornuta, filbert


Part holonymcob, cobnut, filbert, hazelnut


Member meronymCorylus, genus Corylus


Substance holonymhazel

2. hazelnut (food) nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus


Synonymscob, cobnut, filbert


Broader (hypernym)edible nut


Part meronymhazel, hazelnut, hazelnut tree









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