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chinquapin

/ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/

chinquapin noun: allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila).

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
  7. A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
  8. A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).
    Synonyms:
    shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinkapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish, sun perch

Synonyms of chinquapin

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Forms of chinquapin

pluralchinquapins
alternative formchinkapin
alternative formchincapin

Origin of chinquapin

Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).

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Questions about chinquapin

What does chinquapin mean?
Chinquapin means allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila).
What part of speech is chinquapin?
Chinquapin is a noun.
How do you pronounce chinquapin?
Chinquapin is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/.
What is the plural of chinquapin?
The plural of chinquapin is chinquapins.

Words near chinquapin in the dictionary

  1. chinovose
  2. Chinoy
  3. Chinoys
  4. chinpiece
  5. chinpieces
  6. chinquapin
  7. chinquapin oak
  8. chinquapin oaks
  9. chinquapin rose
  10. chinquapins
  11. chinrest

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