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Hazelnut

The nut of the hazel.

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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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Containing whole 1

Hazel 70% connected

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 Amer…

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Hazel 70% connected

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 Amer…

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Cob 92% connected

The top or head of anything.

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Cobnut 92% connected

A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Filbert 92% 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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hazel 92% connected

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 Amer…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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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Archespore noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Archesporium noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Arthrospore noun · 78% connection

a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria

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Autophyte noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autophytic plant noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autotrophic organism noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Briarroot noun · 78% connection

hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea

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Button snakeroot noun · 78% connection

any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

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Chicory root noun · 78% connection

the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute

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Cocoyam noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Corn silk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cornsilk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cultivar noun · 78% connection

a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

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Dasheen noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Daughter cell noun · 78% connection

a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identi…

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Dicot family noun · 78% connection

family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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Calamander wood unknown · 78% connection

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of…

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Coquilla nut noun · 78% connection

nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory

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Hamamelis noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally.

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Nucament noun · 78% connection

A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.

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Ople tree unknown · 78% connection

The witch-hazel.

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Witch-tree noun · 78% connection

The witch-hazel.

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Wych-hazel noun · 78% connection

The wych-elm; -- so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.

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