chinquapin

1. 1.

   shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States

   SynonymsOzark chinkapinOzark chinquapinCastanea ozarkensis

   Broaderchestnut

   Part ofCastanea

   Partschincapin
2. 2.

   shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

   SynonymsAllegheny chinkapineastern chinquapindwarf chestnutCastanea pumila

   Broaderchestnut

   Part ofCastanea

   Partschincapin
3. 3.

   small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut

   Synonymschincapinchinkapin

   Broaderedible nut

   Part ofAllegheny chinkapinOzark chinkapin

Other forms of chinquapin

plural

chinquapins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chinquapin

What does chinquapin mean?

chinquapin means "shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chinquapin?

chinquapin has 3 syllables: chinq-ua-pin. The stress falls on "chinq".

What is another word for chinquapin?

Close synonyms include Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis, Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chinquapin a common word?

chinquapin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.