Associations to the word «Chinquapin»

Wiktionary

CHINQUAPIN, noun. Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
CHINQUAPIN, noun. A water-chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
CHINQUAPIN, noun. The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Alternative form of chinkapin
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Some of the species in the chestnut genus Castanea.
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi).
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis).
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila).
CHINQUAPIN, noun. A chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chinkapins.

Dictionary definition

CHINQUAPIN, noun. Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States.
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts.
CHINQUAPIN, noun. Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams