Found 2 items, similar to chincapin.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chincapin chincapin n : small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: chinkapin, chinquapin]
English → English (gcide) Definition: chincapin 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]