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CHINCAPIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chincapin mean?
• CHINCAPIN (noun)
The noun CHINCAPIN has 1 sense:
1. small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
Familiarity information: CHINCAPIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
chincapin; chinkapin; chinquapin
Hypernyms ("chincapin" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("chincapin" is a part of...):
Allegheny chinkapin; Castanea pumila; chinquapin; dwarf chestnut; eastern chinquapin (shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts)
Castanea ozarkensis; chinquapin; Ozark chinkapin; Ozark chinquapin (shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States)
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