chinkapin
Britishnoun
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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
The chinkapin is related closely to the chestnut and resembles it strikingly in most of the important characteristics.
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
Clumps of chinkapin bushes intervened, effectually hiding the hollow from the road.
From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth
Oddly enough, the American and Japanese chestnuts suffered much less defoliation than the common Allegheny chinkapin, C. pumila.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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