chinquapin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
    Castanea ozarkensis; Ozark chinquapin; Ozark chinkapin.
  2. noun shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
    Castanea pumila; eastern chinquapin; Allegheny chinkapin; dwarf chestnut.
  3. noun small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
    chinkapin; chincapin.

WordNet

Chin"qua*pin noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913