Meaning of corylus | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1

[ˈkɔ.ry.ɫʊs]

Definitions

a hazel or filbert shrub

declension-2, feminine

English Hazel

“Hic inter densas corylos modo namque gemellos / spem gregis, a! silice in nuda conixa reliquit.”

for here in the hazel thicket just now dropping twins / ah, the flock's hope, on naked flint, she abandoned them.

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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