Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHINQUAPIN
CHINQUAPIN Chin "qua *pin, n. (Bot. )
Defn: 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 3 to 125 feet high.
New American Oxford Dictionary
chinquapin
chin qua pin |ˈCHiNGkiˌpin ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn |(also chinkapin ) ▶noun a North American chestnut tree. [Several species in the family Fagaceae, in particular the Allegheny (or eastern ) chinquapin (Castanea pumila ).] • the edible nut of one of these trees. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian.
Oxford Dictionary
chinquapin
chinquapin |ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn |(also chinkapin ) ▶noun a North American chestnut tree. ●Several species in the family Fagaceae, in particular Castanea pumila. • the edible nut of the chinquapin. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian.
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