chinquapin

  1. Noun.  any of the shrubs in the genus Castanopsis.
  2. Noun.  any of the several trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
  3. Noun.  some of the species in the chestnut genus Castanea.
  4. Noun.  chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chinkapins.
  5. Noun.  water-chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
  6. Noun.  the redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).

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