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Nuts available raw or roasted include macadamias, peanuts, pistachios, almonds, walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, and pine nuts.—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 10 Nov. 2025 Traditionally, baguettes are eaten as open-faced tartines at breakfast, slathered with butter and jam, or chocolate hazelnut spread.—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025 Check Please has more of a gourmand twist with green apple, nougat and hazelnut.—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025 No illnesses have been reported, but the mix-up poses a risk to people with an allergy or sensitivity to hazelnuts.—Jani Hall, Health, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hazelnut
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hazelnut was
before the 12th century
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