giant chinkapin

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   small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts

   Synonymsgolden chinkapinChrysolepis chrysophyllaCastanea chrysophyllaCastanopsis chrysophylla

   Broadertree

   Part ofChrysolepis

Questions about giant chinkapin

What does giant chinkapin mean?

giant chinkapin means "small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts".

What is another word for giant chinkapin?

Close synonyms include golden chinkapin, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla. 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 giant chinkapin a common word?

giant chinkapin 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.