AVELLAN A

(Lat.),n. f. 'na’, Properly, nux a., from Avella (anciently, Abella), a town of the Campagna. Fr,, avelane (1st def.), aveline (1st def.), noisette (1st def.), ave linier (2d def.), noise tier (2d def.). Ger., Haselnu (1st def.), Haselstrauch (2d def.), 1. The hazel-nut (the nut of the Corylus a.). [B. 180.] 2. A seetion of the genus Corylus, including Corylus a., and one other genus. [B. 121.]—A. american a. The peanut-plant (Arachis hypogea). [A, 447.]—A. byzant in a [Herm.]. The Corylus colurna. [B, 211.]—À. eath artic a. See A. purgati lane græcæ. ‘An old name for sweet alinonds. [A, 316. dica. The Balanus Prcenst co. [B, 109.j—Avellan enus oblongum. An inferior sort of nutmeg. [L, 104.]—Avelanæ indies tertium genus [Banhin]. The Achroas sapota. [B, 211.]—A. indiana versicolor. The areca-nut. [L, 104.J—A: mexican a, Avellanæ mexicanæ. The fruit of the Theobroma cacao. [B 49, 109.]—A. nux silvestris [Fuchs]. The Corylus a. [B, 211.]—À. peregrin a humilis [Banhin], A. pumila byzant in a [Clusins]. The Corylus colurna. [B, 211.J—A. purgatrix. The purging-nut (fruit of the Jatropha muttifida, also of the Jatropha curcas and of Moringa). |B. 121.]—Fruetus (seu Nuces, seu Nuclei) avellanæ. Fr., noisetie [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., Haselnu . Sp., avellan a ISp. Ph.]. Hazel-nuts. |B, 95, lanæ (seu avellan arum). Ger., Haselnu ôl. aceite de a. Hazel-nut oil; a fixed oil resembling almond-oil, [A, 819; B, 180.|—Pollen avellanæ. The pollen of the flowers of the Corylus a.; used as a remedy for diarrhoea. [B, 180.]