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4 words match “CHINQUAPIN”

CHINQUAPIN n.
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…
WATER CHINQUAPIN n.
The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
CASTANEA n.
A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.
CHINCAPIN n.
See Chinquapin.