Well attestedNamed from the place
avellane
adjective · first attested 17th century
A heraldic cross is named for an Italian hazelnut town.
Of a heraldic cross shaped like four hazelnuts.
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- adjective
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Avella
- In English
avellane
Avella in Campania gave Latin its word for the hazelnut, and heraldry took the adjective for the nut-shaped cross.
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