hazelnut

UK/ˈheɪzəlnʌt/US/ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt/

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Other forms: hazelnuts

A hazelnut is a small round nut often paired with chocolate. A bag of hazelnuts, roast the hazelnuts, hazelnut spread.

Roasting loosens the skins, which then rub off in a cloth, and the flavour changes completely in the process. Turkey grows most of the world's crop, and one company buys a startling share of it for a single spread.

Definitions of hazelnut

1nounhazelnutA small round nut often paired with chocolate.B1+
“She stirred chopped hazelnuts into the melted chocolate.”

hazelnut is a nut.

Where it comes from

Old English haeselhnutu, hazel plus nut. Hazel is a Germanic word for the tree.

Old English
hæselhnutu — hazelnut
Middle English
haselnote
English, today
hazelnut

Equivalent to hazel + nut; from Middle English haselnote, from Old English hæselhnutu (“hazelnut”). Cognate with West Frisian hazzenút (“hazelnut”), stq Hoaselnuute (“hazelnut”), Dutch hazelnoot, German Haselnuss.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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hazelnut in the wild

Nutella is an Italian brand of sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread.
Nutella
In 2023, Turkey was the world's largest producer of hazelnuts, accounting for 57.7% of total production.
Hazelnut
Some varieties include nuts (e.g., ground hazelnuts) or honey.
Chocolate spread
Gevuina avellana, commonly known as the Chilean hazelnut (avellano chileno in Spanish) or Gevuina hazelnut, is an evergreen tree growing up to 20 meters tall.
Gevuina
Traditionally served at birthdays, it includes chocolate and hazelnuts.
Torta setteveli

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