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Chinquapin
Chin′qua-pin
,Noun.
(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.Definition 2024
chinquapin
chinquapin
English
Alternative forms
Noun
chinquapin (plural chinquapins)
- Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.
- Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
- A water-chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
- The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).
- A species in the chestnut genus Castanea:
- A chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
Synonyms
Translations
shrub in the genus Castanopsis
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References
- ↑ Bulletin 30 of the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico: "Such forms as chincomen and chechinquamin, found in early writings, make plausible the supposition that a p was later substituted for an m in the last syllable of the word, which would then represent the widespread Algonquian radical min, 'fruit', 'seed'. The first component [...], according to Hewitt, is probably cognate with the Delaware chinqua, 'large', 'great'.