'Corylus Americana' definitions:

Definition of 'Corylus americana'

noun

Nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America [syn: American hazel, Corylus americana]

From: GCIDE

Hazel \Ha"zel\ (h[=a]"z'l), n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[ae]sel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are Corylus Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and Corylus rostrata. See Filbert. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
Hazel grouse (Zool.), a European grouse ({Bonasa betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
Hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe.
Witch hazel. See Witch-hazel, and Hamamelis. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

filbert \fil"bert\, n. [Perh. fr. fill + bread, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or perh. named from a St.Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.]
1. (Bot.) The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or {Corylus maxima}, also called the hazel; the hazelnut. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. [1913 Webster]
Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species, Corylus Americana and Corylus cornuta, and are also sometimes called filberts. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Bot.) The tree bearing the filbert; the hazelnut tree. [PJC]
Filbert gall (Zool.), a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia). [1913 Webster]