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CHINQUAPINS
Noun
chinquapins
plural of chinquapin
Source: Wiktionary
CHINQUAPIN
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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