Definition of Corylus americana

1. Noun. Nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America.

Exact synonyms: American Hazel
Generic synonyms: Hazel, Hazelnut, Hazelnut Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corylus Americana

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
Corynebacterium murisepticum

Literary usage of Corylus americana

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. Report (1905)
"... with patches of this young-tree-and- shrub zone fringing the swamp as shown by the presence of Hamamelis Virginiana, corylus americana, Prunus, etc. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"corylus americana Walt. Fl. Car. 236. 1788. A shrub, 3°-S° tall, the young shoots russet- brown, densely hispid-pubescent with pinkish hairs, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"... three to eight inches long, charred at the ends and evidently the remnants of torches, used by Indians or white men, of the hazel, corylus americana ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"The three native hazels, corylus americana, C. californica and C. rostrata, have been sparingly introduced to cultivation, but nave not developed varieties ..."

6. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"E BIRCH FAMILY corylus americana, Walt. March-April Filbert, Hazelnut. ... In thinking of the two Hazelnut bushes (corylus americana and Corylus rostrata), ..."

7. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1902)
"This plant takes the place of corylus americana to a large extent in preparing ... corylus americana is rather a rare shrub. The Rhus glabra is nearly as ..."

8. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"... Ribes gracile, Cornus sericea, corylus americana, Agrimonia eupatoria, ... The undergrowth consisted largely of corylus americana, Diervilla tri- fida, ..."

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