Found 2 items, similar to chinquapin.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chinquapin chinquapin n 1: shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwest United States [syn: Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis ] 2: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts [syn: Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin , dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila] 3: small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: chincapin, chinkapin]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chinquapin 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]