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water chinquapin

water chinquapin noun: an American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.

water chinquapin: an American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if...
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Noun

water chinquapin (plural water chinquapins)

  1. An American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.
    • The woman is next instructed to gather ceremonially the roots of the water chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea) for food for her little ones.1925, Francis La Flesche, The Osage Tribe: the Rite of Vigil, Washington: USGPO, page 195
  2. The edible seed of this plant.

Forms of water chinquapin

pluralwater chinquapins

Origin of water chinquapin

From water + chinquapin. The seeds are used for food like the nuts of the chinquapin.

Questions about water chinquapin

What does water chinquapin mean?
Water chinquapin means an American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.
What part of speech is water chinquapin?
Water chinquapin is a noun.
What is the plural of water chinquapin?
The plural of water chinquapin is water chinquapins.

Words near water chinquapin in the dictionary

  1. water chat
  2. water chestnut
  3. water chestnuts
  4. water chicken
  5. water chickens
  6. water chinquapin
  7. water chinquapins
  8. water clock
  9. water clocks
  10. water closet
  11. water closets

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