genus corylus

1. 1.

   deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae

   SynonymsCorylus

   Broaderhamamelid dicot genus

   Part ofBetulaceae

Questions about genus corylus

What does genus corylus mean?

genus corylus means "deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae".

What is another word for genus corylus?

Close synonyms include Corylus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus corylus a common word?

genus corylus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.