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
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Among shrubs and bushes, the many kinds of sweet-scented ceanothus or deer brush, manzanita, chokecherry, chinquapin, and dogwood are most noticed.
From Sequoia [California] National Park by United States. Dept. of the Interior
There are two or three nuts to the bur, while the chinquapin has normally, but one nut to the bur.
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
Botanists have recently made two species of the golden-leaved chinquapin, one of the species attaining a height of more than one hundred feet.
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
Dey git fat on black haws and acorns and chinquapin and sich.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
Around Washington the chinquapin is a weed tree, and if you gather a peck of chinquapins you will find that the whole peck, in two weeks, have turned to weevils.
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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