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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chinquapin \Chin"qua*pin\, n. (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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chinkapin n : small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: {chincapin}, {chinquapin}]
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