Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chinquapin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chinquapin \Chin"qua*pin\, n. (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}.]
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chinquapin
n 1: shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but
with larger leaves; southern midwest United States [syn:
{Ozark chinkapin}, {Ozark chinquapin}, {Castanea
ozarkensis}]
2: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having
small edible nuts [syn: {Allegheny chinkapin}, {eastern
chinquapin}, {dwarf chestnut}, {Castanea pumila}]
3: small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the
southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: {chincapin},
{chinkapin}]
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