chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin
(noun) small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chinquapin (plural chinquapins)
Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.
Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
A water chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).
A species in the chestnut genus Castanea
Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
A chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
Source: Wiktionary
Chin"qua*pin, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin and chinkapin.] Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.
– Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
