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chinkapin

chinkapin is the alternative form of chinquapin.

Meaning of chinquapin

Noun

chinquapin (plural chinquapins)

  1. Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
  2. Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
  3. Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
  4. Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees.
  5. Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs.
  6. Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
    Synonyms:
    chinkapin oak

See all 8 meanings of chinquapin

Forms of chinkapin

pluralchinkapins

Words formed from chinkapin

Phrases with chinkapin

Questions about chinkapin

What is chinkapin the alternative form of?
Chinkapin is the alternative form of chinquapin.

Words near chinkapin in the dictionary

  1. chink land
  2. chink up
  3. chink-a-chink
  4. chink-land
  5. Chinka
  6. chinkapin
  7. chinkapin oak
  8. chinkapin oaks
  9. chinkapins
  10. Chinkapook
  11. chinkara

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinkapin (page history and authors); chinquapin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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