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avellane

avellane adjective: in the form of four unhusked filberts.

avellane: in the form of four unhusked filberts
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Adjective

avellane (not comparable)

  1. In the form of four unhusked filberts.
    • an avellane cross

Noun

avellane (plural avellanes)

  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. 19.1830, Thomas Robson, The British Herald

Forms of avellane

Adjective
alternative formavellan
Noun
pluralavellanes

Origin of avellane

From Italian avellana (“filbert”), from Latin Avella or Abella, a city of Campania.

Questions about avellane

What does avellane mean?
Avellane means in the form of four unhusked filberts.
What part of speech is avellane?
Avellane can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near avellane in the dictionary

  1. Aveley
  2. avelim
  3. aveling
  4. Avella
  5. Avellan
  6. avellane
  7. Avellaneda
  8. Avellanedas
  9. avellaneous
  10. avellanes
  11. avellano

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