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CHINQUAPIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut

Synonyms:

chincapin; chinkapin; chinquapin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("chinquapin" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("chinquapin" is a part of...):

Allegheny chinkapin; Castanea pumila; chinquapin; dwarf chestnut; eastern chinquapin (shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

Synonyms:

Allegheny chinkapin; Castanea pumila; chinquapin; dwarf chestnut; eastern chinquapin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("chinquapin" 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 "chinquapin"):

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

Holonyms ("chinquapin" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Castanea ozarkensis; chinquapin; Ozark chinkapin; Ozark chinquapin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("chinquapin" 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 "chinquapin"):

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

Holonyms ("chinquapin" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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