CHINQUAPIN


Meaning of CHINQUAPIN in English

/ching"keuh pin/ , n.

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 .

[ 1605-15, Amer.; chechinquamins ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .