Avellane
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An unhusked hazel filbert.
"Cross double fruitagée, or a mascle with four fruitages, or avellanes, joined to the points thereof in cross. See Pl. 5, fig. 19."
Adjective
- 1 In the form of four unhusked filberts. not-comparable
"an avellane cross"
Adjective
- 1 pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Cross double fruitagée, or a mascle with four fruitages, or avellanes, joined to the points thereof in cross. See Pl. 5, fig. 19."
Etymology
From Italian avellana (“filbert”), from Latin Avella or Abella, a city of Campania.