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noun
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:
Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
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noun
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:
Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
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noun
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:
Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
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noun
Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees.
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noun
Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs.
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noun
Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
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Synonyms: chinkapin oak
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noun
A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
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noun
A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).
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Synonyms: shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinkapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish, sun perch
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noun
small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chincapin, chinkapin
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Broader terms: edible nut
noun
shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila
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Broader terms: chestnut, chestnut tree
noun
shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis
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Broader terms: chestnut, chestnut tree
History
Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
