Hazel
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Hazels are plants of the genus Corylus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family, Betulaceae, though some botanis
Corylus avellana 0001
Young male catkins of Corylus avellana
Dried cluster of ripe Turkish hazelnuts
Common hazel fruit split in two showing its husk and kernel
Hazelnut
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The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus Corylus, especially the nuts of the species Corylus avellana. They are also known
Hazel
…Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels (with the hornbeams and allied genera) into a separate family Corylaceae. The fruit of the hazel is the hazelnut; the trees are also grown as ornaments in hedges or gardens. Hazels have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins; young leaves have fine red…
Ripe hazelnuts
Cracked hazelnut shell displaying the edible seed
Hazelnut tree, Turkey
Hand-harvest and sun-drying of hazelnuts in Turkey