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    CASTANEA OZARKENSIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    Castanea ozarkensis; chinquapin; Ozark chinkapin; Ozark chinquapin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Castanea ozarkensis" is a kind of...):

    chestnut; chestnut tree (any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur)

    Meronyms (parts of "Castanea ozarkensis"):

    chincapin; chinkapin; chinquapin (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)

    Holonyms ("Castanea ozarkensis" is a member of...):

    Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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