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chin⋅qua⋅pin

  [ching-kuh-pin]
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1. a shrubby chestnut, Castanea pumila, of the beech family, native to the southeastern U.S., having toothed, oblong leaves and small edible nuts.
2. a Pacific coast evergreen tree, Castanopsis chrysophylla, of the beech family, having deeply furrowed bark, dark green lance-shaped leaves, and inedible nuts.
3. the nut of either of these trees.
Also, chincapin, chinkapin.
Also called golden chinquapin.

Origin:
1605–15, Americanism; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) chechinquamins
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chin·qua·pin   (chĭng'kə-pĭn')   
n.  

  1. Any of several deciduous shrubs or small trees related and similar to the chestnut, especially Castanea pumila, native to the eastern United States.

  2. A large evergreen tree (Castanopsis chrysophylla) of the Pacific Coast of North America. Also called giant chinquapin, golden chinquapin.

  3. The nut of any of these plants.


[Of Algonquian origin; akin to Virginia Algonquin chechinkamin, chestnut.]
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chinquapin

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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