chinquapin
Americannoun
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a shrubby chestnut, Castanea pumila, of the beech family, native to the southeastern United States, having toothed, oblong leaves and small edible nuts.
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Also called golden chinquapin. a Pacific coast evergreen tree, Castanopsis chrysophylla, of the beech family, having deeply furrowed bark, dark green lance-shaped leaves, and inedible nuts.
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the nut of either of these trees.
noun
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a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
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Also called: giant chinquapin. a large evergreen fagaceous tree, Castanopsis chrysophylla, of W North America
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the nut of either of these trees
Etymology
Origin of chinquapin
An Americanism dating back to 1605–15; from Virginia Algonquian ( English spelling) chechinquamins
Example Sentences
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Our common chinquapin of the east is perhaps the one that will be cultivated most profitably in the region between the Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic coast.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
The American chinquapin is one of the many beautiful and valuable plants which have not as yet been taken up by horticulturists for extensive development.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
I present for inspection a freshly cut branch from an ordinary bush chinquapin, loaded with burs, indicating the prolific nature of the variety.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
A number of clusters of pistillate flowers of the bush chinquapin had been covered with paper bags, but not pollenized because of a shortage of pollen.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
The burs are borne singly or in small groups like those of the common chestnut, instead of being crowded in dense clusters like chinquapin burs.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
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