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Chinquapin
Chin′qua-pin
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (
Castanea pumila
) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also
chincapin
and chinkapin
.] Chinquapin oak
, a small shrubby oak (
– Quercus prinoides
) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. Western Chinquapin
, an evergreen shrub or tree (
Castanopes chrysophylla
) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.