noun
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
• Hypernyms: ↑nut tree
• Hyponyms:
↑American hazel, ↑Corylus americana, ↑cobnut, ↑filbert, ↑Corylus avellana, ↑Corylus avellana grandis, ↑beaked hazelnut, ↑Corylus cornuta
• Member Holonyms: ↑Corylus, ↑genus Corylus
• Substance Meronyms: ↑hazel
Useful english dictionary. 2012.