#turkish hazel
- Turkish hazel — A species of large deciduous tree in the family Betulaceae (Corylus colurna), native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor; unlike the common hazel, it grows as a single-stemmed tree with a straight trunk and pyramidal canopy, reaching heights of 20-25 meters, featuring corky bark, fissured rhytidome, and clustered nuts enclosed in a deeply divided involucre with fimbriate, recurved lobes.
- Turkish hazelnut — The fruit of the Turkish hazel tree (Corylus colurna); an edible, globose, slightly flattened nut with an extremely thick, hard woody shell, protected by a fleshy, deeply fringed, and tightly adhering husk (involucre), recognized for its rich, intense nutty flavor.