Associations to the word «Chinkapin»

Wiktionary

CHINKAPIN, noun. Some of the species in the chestnut genus Castanea.
CHINKAPIN, noun. Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
CHINKAPIN, noun. Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
CHINKAPIN, noun. Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
CHINKAPIN, noun. A chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chinkapins
CHINKAPIN, noun. Alternative form of chinquapin
CHINKAPIN, noun. Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.
CHINKAPIN, noun. Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.
CHINKAPIN, noun. A water-chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
CHINKAPIN, noun. The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)

Dictionary definition

CHINKAPIN, noun. Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut.

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