Chile nut chi·le·nut uncommon noun 1. Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut SynonymsChilean nutChile nutChile hazelChilean hazelnutGuevina heterophyllaGuevina avellana Related words Broader terms shrub Parts Guevina WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.