Chincapin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chincapin \Chin"ca*pin\, n.
     See {Chinquapin}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chincapin
       n : small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the
           southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: {chinkapin},
            {chinquapin}]