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chinquapin definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States [syn: Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis]
2: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts [syn: Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila]
3: small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin]

Merriam Webster's

or chinkapin noun Etymology: probably modification of Virginia Algonquian chechinquamin chinquapin nut Date: 1612 1. the edible nut of a chinquapin 2. any of several trees (genera Castanea and Castanopsis); especially a dwarf chestnut (Castanea pumila) of the United States

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chinquapin Chin"qua*pin, n. (Bot.) 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.