The meaning of hazel is any of a genus (corylus and especially the american c Americana and the european c Avellana) of shrubs or small trees of the birch family bearing nuts enclosed in a leafy involucre. A replacement for phoebe hazel finds herself in a dither as she tries to care for two households. The common hazel is the species most extensively grown for its nuts, followed in importance by the filbert Nuts are also harvested from the other species, but apart from the filbert, none is of significant commercial importance.
The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus corylus, especially the nuts of the species corylus avellana [1] they are also known as cobnuts or filberts according to species Hazelnuts are used as a snack food, in baking and desserts, and in breakfast cereals such as muesli.
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