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Chinkapin

noun
1.
Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut.  Synonyms: chincapin, chinquapin.



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"Chinkapin" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Missouri and a number of hybrids. The chinkapins and the alder-leaved chestnuts on this side hill have been so blight resistant as to require almost no attention, and for that reason I am making hybrids between the chinkapin and the alder-leaved chestnut and the Chinese chestnut in the hope of making an excellent combination of chinkapin quality and Chinese size. Up to the present time none of my hybrids have been as valuable as either ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting. Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 • Various



Words linked to "Chinkapin" :   Castanea ozarkensis, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila, chinkapin oak, eastern chinquapin, edible nut, Ozark chinquapin



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