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Chinquapin
//ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn// noun
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Noun
- 1 Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:; Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
- 2 small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut wordnet
- 3 Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:; Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
- 4 shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts wordnet
- 5 Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:; Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
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- 6 shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States wordnet
- 7 Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees.
- 8 Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs.
- 9 Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
- 10 A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
- 11 A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).
Etymology
Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).
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