filberts in English

noun
1
a cultivated hazel tree that bears edible oval nuts.
A 1960s ranch calls for a contemporary garden with a sculptural plant, such as a Japanese maple or contorted filbert .
2
a brush with bristles forming a flattened oval head, used in oil painting.
He'd come up with some charming excuse: he'd left his long filbert brush , he couldn't go on without it.
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1. Cobnuts or filberts? Cobnuts and filberts come from different species of hazel

2. Cobnuts and filberts Hazelnuts are the fruit of Corylus (hazel) trees and bushes

3. Cobnuts and filberts Hazelnuts are the fruit of Corylus (hazel) trees and bushes. The most important form are Cobnuts (C

4. Filberts are a subsection of Cobnuts, to be classed as a Filbert the husk must completely enclose the nut.

5. Filberts and hazelnuts (also known as Cobnuts and hazels) are different names for the same tree and its small, sphere-shaped nut.

6. Cobnuts are a type of hazelnut, as are their first cousins, the more torpedo-shaped filberts (St Philbert’s Day, August 20, is traditionally the first day that the earliest varieties of cobnut can be picked.) Kentish Cob is the most popular variety, although, colloquially, some people use Kentish cobs as a generic term