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CHINQUAPIN
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
Etymology
Noun
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
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