filbert vs hazel

filbert

• The hazel tree. 

• The hazelnut. 

• A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head. 

hazel

• The nut of the hazel tree. 

• The wood of a hazelnut tree. 

• Freestone. 

• A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. 

• A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut. 

• Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)