词条 | filbert |
释义 | filbert tree also called Hazel, ![]() Filberts, native to the North Temperate Zone, are deciduous; their leaves are alternate, serrate, obovate, and hairy. The plants range from 3 to 36 metres (10 to 120 feet) in height. In late winter a profusion of yellow male catkins and smaller, red-centred clusters of female flowers appears on the same tree. The brown, roundish or oblong nut, usually one to four centimetres (1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches) long, is partly or wholly enclosed in a husk. Choice nuts are produced by two Eurasian trees, the European filbert (Corylus avellana) and the giant filbert (C. maxima), and by hybrids of these species with two American shrubs, the American filbert (C. americana) and the beaked filbert (C. cornuta), popularly called hazelnuts. The large cobnut is a variety of the European filbert; Lambert's filbert is a variety of the giant filbert. Nuts produced by the Turkish filbert (C. colurna) are sold commercially as Constantinople nuts. Barcelona nuts come from the Spanish, or Barcelona, filbert, usually considered a variety of the giant filbert. Turkey, Italy, and Spain are the leading commercial producers of filberts. California, Chinese, Japanese, Manchurian, Tibetan, and Turkish filberts are valuable hedgerow and ornamental trees. Both C. avellana and C. americana are grown for their colourful autumnal foliage. An oil from the European filbert is used in food products, perfumes, and soaps; the tree yields a soft, reddish white timber, useful for small articles such as tool handles and walking sticks. Filberts are deep-rooted, moderately shade-tolerant trees, which fruit best in well-drained soil and in full sun. |
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