chinkapin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But he pointed to a few sun-loving native plants such as MacGregor’s wild rye and a gnarled chinkapin oak, saying they offer clues about the land hundreds of years ago.
From Seattle Times
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 Literature
Sure, they prevent greens from getting the sun and breeze they need to ward off fungus, but those chinkapin oaks can look really sweet at sunset.
From Golf Digest
I was chased out of a chinkapin woods by a bull.
From Literature
Every day there had been a book for her in the chinkapin bushes.
From Project Gutenberg
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