chinkapin
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Chinkapin
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
chinquapin, chincapin or chinkapin (ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts |
| 2. | Also called: giant chinquapin a large evergreen fagaceous tree, Castanopsis chrysophylla, of W North America |
| 3. | the nut of either of these trees |
| [C17: of Algonquian origin; compare Algonquian chechinkamin chestnut] | |
| chincapin, chincapin or chinkapin | |
| —n | |
| [C17: of Algonquian origin; compare Algonquian chechinkamin chestnut] | |
| chinkapin, chincapin or chinkapin | |
| —n | |
| [C17: of Algonquian origin; compare Algonquian chechinkamin chestnut] | |
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chinkapin
any of several species of deciduous trees of the genus Castanea and evergreen trees and shrubs of the genus Castanopsis, both in the beech family (Fagaceae).
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Example sentences
The dwarf chestnut oak is also know as dwarf chinkapin or scrub oak.
Four other rare plant species occur here including the dwarf chinkapin oak, a low-growing oak that forms thickets in prairies.
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