a { text-decoration: none !important; text-align: right; } Hazelnut, Corylus; Ukrainian: lishchyna zvychaina; American: filbert, Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Інтернетова Енциклопедія України (ІЕУ), Ukraine, Ukraina, Україна"> Hazelnut

Hazelnut

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Hazelnut (Corylus; Ukrainian: lishchyna zvychaina; American: filbert). An important nut-bearing plant; a genus of the birch (Betulaceae) family which grows most frequently as a tall bush (2–4 m) and less frequently as a tree (7–8 m). Two species grow in Ukraine: the common or European hazel (C. avellana), found as brush in mixed forests in Polisia and in the forest-steppe region, and the giant hazel (C. maxima), cultivated in the Crimea and in eastern and southeastern Ukraine. Hazelnuts are grown commercially for food and processed for oil; the wood is used in carpentry. Hazelnut trees are planted for anti-erosion and decorative purposes throughout Ukraine.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]


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