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chinquapin

noun

1. shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

• Syn: ↑Allegheny chinkapin, ↑eastern chinquapin, ↑dwarf chestnut, ↑Castanea pumila

• Hypernyms: ↑chestnut, ↑chestnut tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Castanea, ↑genus Castanea

• Part Meronyms: ↑chincapin, ↑chinkapin

2. shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States

• Syn: ↑Ozark chinkapin, ↑Ozark chinquapin, ↑Castanea ozarkensis

• Hypernyms: ↑chestnut, ↑chestnut tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Castanea, ↑genus Castanea

• Part Meronyms: ↑chincapin, ↑chinkapin

3. small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut

• Syn: ↑chincapin, ↑chinkapin

• Hypernyms: ↑edible nut

• Part Holonyms:

↑Allegheny chinkapin, ↑eastern chinquapin, ↑dwarf chestnut, ↑Castanea pumila, ↑Ozark chinkapin, ↑Ozark chinquapin, ↑Castanea ozarkensis

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chinquapin, chinquepin

varr. of chincapin.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.