Definition of Corylus

1. Noun. Deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Corylus
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Betulaceae, Birch Family, Family Betulaceae
Member holonyms: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree

Definition of Corylus

1. a nut-bearing tree [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corylus

Corvus frugilegus
Corvus monedula
Cory
Coryanthes
Corybant
Corybants
Corydalidae
Corydalis
Corydalis claviculata
Corydalis sempervirens
Corydalis solida
Corydalus
Corydalus cornutus
Corylaceae
Corylopsis
Corylus
Corylus americana
Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana grandis
Corylus cornuta
Corynebacteria
Corynebacteriaceae
Corynebacterium acnes
Corynebacterium bovis
Corynebacterium enzymicum
Corynebacterium equi
Corynebacterium haemolyticum
Corynebacterium hofmannii
Corynebacterium kutscheri
Corynebacterium minutissimum

Literary usage of Corylus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"corylus americana Walt. is chiefly remarkable for its absence in this region. I have found it only in Cherry County, ten miles east of Valentine and 20 ..."

2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The numerous European and Asiatic varieties have probably been derived from three species: the common hazel (corylus Avellana L.), Lambert's hazel or ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"corylus Avellana maxima, Willd. Involucre (15—18 lines long) subcylindrical, a little longer than the nut; segments inciso- dentate at^the summit. ..."

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