Chinquapin /(?)/
Chin·qua·pin
Chinquapin
n.
- 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. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Chinquapin oak
- a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.
- Western Chinquapin
- an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.