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    DWARF CHESTNUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nutsplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("dwarf chestnut" 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 "dwarf chestnut"):

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

    Holonyms ("dwarf chestnut" is a member of...):

    Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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