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Hazel

A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Brown 76% connected

Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

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Brownness 76% connected

The quality or state of being brown.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Wood 76% connected

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

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Cobnut 76% connected

A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

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Filbert 76% connected

The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.

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Cob 70% connected

The top or head of anything.

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Cobnut 70% connected

A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

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Filbert 70% connected

The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.

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Hazelnut 70% connected

The nut of the hazel.

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Hazelnut 70% connected

The nut of the hazel.

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Hazelnut 92% connected

The nut of the hazel.

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Apomict noun · 78% connection

a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis

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Arbuscle noun · 78% connection

A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Balmy adjective · 78% connection

mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Bantingism noun · 78% connection

A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Ba…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Bearing noun · 78% connection

The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Blackthorn noun · 78% connection

A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Bush noun · 78% connection

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Candleberry tree unknown · 78% connection

A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish wh…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Cherry noun · 78% connection

A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Chinquapin noun · 78% connection

A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Chokeberry noun · 78% connection

The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Conifer noun · 78% connection

A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Farinaceous adjective · 78% connection

Like meal; mealy; pertainiing to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Fruitless adjective · 78% connection

Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Gooseberry adjective · 78% connection

Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Grapevine noun · 78% connection

A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Hickory noun · 78% connection

An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it af…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Holly noun · 78% connection

A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, wav…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shrub, small, tree, genus, corylus.
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Mangrove noun · 78% connection

a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an…

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