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ALLEGHENY CHINKAPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Allegheny chinkapin mean? 

ALLEGHENY CHINKAPIN (noun)
  The noun ALLEGHENY CHINKAPIN has 1 sense:

1. shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nutsplay

  Familiarity information: ALLEGHENY CHINKAPIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALLEGHENY CHINKAPIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allegheny chinkapin; Castanea pumila; chinquapin; dwarf chestnut; eastern chinquapin

Hypernyms ("Allegheny chinkapin" is a kind of...):

chestnut; chestnut tree (any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur)

Meronyms (parts of "Allegheny chinkapin"):

chincapin; chinkapin; chinquapin (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)

Holonyms ("Allegheny chinkapin" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)


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