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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 nuts
Familiarity information: ALLEGHENY CHINKAPIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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