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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