DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
18.226.214.91
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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) 2.0

 Castanea pumila
      n : shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having
          small edible nuts [syn: Allegheny chinkapin, eastern
           chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut]