eastern chinquapin

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   shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

   SynonymsAllegheny chinkapinchinquapindwarf chestnutCastanea pumila

   Broaderchestnut

   Part ofCastanea

   Partschincapin

Questions about eastern chinquapin

What does eastern chinquapin mean?

eastern chinquapin means "shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts".

What is another word for eastern chinquapin?

Close synonyms include Allegheny chinkapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila. 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 eastern chinquapin a common word?

eastern 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.