Ăbella, ae, f.,
I a town in Campania, near Nola, abounding in fruit-trees and nuts , now Avella , Sil. 8, 545: malifera, Verg. A. 7, 740.
II —Hence, Abellāna nux or Avellana, also Abellina, the filbert , Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88; and Abellani , the inhabitants of Abella , Just. 20, 1.