avellane

== English == === Alternative forms === avellan === Etymology === From Italian avellana (“filbert”), from Latin Avella or Abella, a city of Campania. === Adjective === avellane (not comparable) (heraldry) In the form of four unhusked filberts. an avellane cross === Noun === avellane (plural avellanes) (heraldry) An unhusked hazel filbert. === References === “avellane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avellane”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Noun === avellane f plural of avellana == Spanish == === Verb === avellane inflection of avellanar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative