chinquapin : Idioms & Phrases

• noun medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood
  Quercus muehlenbergii; chinkapin oak; yellow chestnut oak.
  

WordNet

• a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.

Webster 1913

• noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
  dwarf chinkapin oak; Quercus prinoides; dwarf oak.
  

WordNet

• noun shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
  Castanea pumila; chinquapin; Allegheny chinkapin; dwarf chestnut.
  

WordNet

• noun shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
  Castanea ozarkensis; chinquapin; Ozark chinkapin.
  

WordNet

• noun water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
  yanquapin; American lotus; Nelumbo lutea.
  
• noun edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
  

WordNet

Wa"ter chin"qua*pin

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.

Webster 1913

• 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.

Webster 1913