chinkapin

British  

/ ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of chinquapin

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chinkapin

And so we walked, hour upon hour, over rollercoaster hills, along knife-edge ridges and over grassy balds, through depthless ranks of oak, ash, chinkapin, and pine.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

I was chased out of a chinkapin woods by a bull.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

In southeastern South Carolina, where the several species of native chinkapin thrive, some of them attaining a height of 20 feet, the Asiatic species have largely failed.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association

The native chinkapin forests especially of southwest Missouri are valued highly not only for their nuts but particularly for post timber.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Last year I wished to cross the chinkapin with the white oak.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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