dwarf chestnut

noun

1. the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
2. See chinquapin
   another name for chinquapin

Example Sentences

The dwarf chestnut of the Middle and Southern states is decidedly ornamental in a fruit garden.

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The species is merely that of a dwarf chestnut growing as a shrub instead of as a tree.

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Chinkapin, ching′ka-pin, n. the dwarf chestnut, a native of the United States.

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