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 Wa·ter chin·qua·pin Bot. The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins.   Cf. Yoncopin.
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 water chinquapin
      n 1: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow
           blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds [syn: American
           lotus, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea]
      2: edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor
         of a chinquapin