Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chinquapin

3 senses of chinquapin

Sense 1
Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis -- (shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States)
       => chestnut, chestnut tree -- (any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur)

Sense 2
Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila -- (shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts)
       => chestnut, chestnut tree -- (any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur)

Sense 3
chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin -- (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)
       => edible nut -- (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)