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the form of edible nuts , known as hazelnuts. the nuts are surrounded by a leafy husk. two european species , the filbert, corylus maxima, and the common hazel, corylus avellana, are particularly well-known as cultivated species for their edible nuts. the term filbert sometimes is used to refer to both
. hazels also offer a nutritious and economically important food for people, whether eaten raw, roasted, or ground into a paste, and they are used in confectionary and to produce a hazelnut butter. furthermore, a number of cultivars of the common hazel and filbert are grown as ornamental plants in gardens...
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