chinquapin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chinquapin has 3 senses

chinquapin(n = noun.plant) castanea ozarkensis, ozark chinkapin, ozark chinquapin - shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States; Array

has parts: chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin

is a member of castanea, genus castanea

is a kind of chestnut, chestnut tree

chinquapin(n = noun.plant) allegheny chinkapin, castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts; Array

has parts: chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin

is a member of castanea, genus castanea

is a kind of chestnut, chestnut tree

chinquapin(n = noun.food) chincapin, chinkapin - small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut; Array

is a kind of edible nut

is a part of allegheny chinkapin, castanea pumila, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, castanea ozarkensis, chinquapin, ozark chinkapin, ozark chinquapin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chinquapin, n.

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. [1913 Webster]

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.

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