western chinquapin

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western chinquapin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chinquapin \Chin"qua*pin\, n. (Bot.)
     A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of
     North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the
     chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also
     chincapin and chinkapin.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides)
        of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.
  
     Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes  chrysophylla
        ) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a
        shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.
        [1913 Webster]