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OZARK CHINKAPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ozark chinkapin mean? 

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

1. shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United Statesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OZARK CHINKAPIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Castanea ozarkensis; chinquapin; Ozark chinkapin; Ozark chinquapin

Hypernyms ("Ozark 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 "Ozark chinkapin"):

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

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

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)


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