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