dwarf chestnut

British  

noun

1. the edible nut of the chinquapin tree

2. another name for chinquapin

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Example Sentences

First the chinquapin, a small dwarf chestnut which grows in the southern Atlantic states but reaches as far north as New Jersey and perhaps farther for all I know.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association

STABLER: I am very much interested in Dr. Morris' proposition to produce dwarf chestnut trees by grafting on chinquapin stocks.

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

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.