chin|qua|pin

chin|qua|pin
chin|qua|pin «CHIHNG kuh pihn», noun.
1. a dwarf chestnut tree, with edible nuts, ranging from Maine to Arkansas.
2. a related evergreen tree, grown in California and Oregon, that has a similar nut.
3. the nut of either tree. Also, chincapin, chinkapin.
╂[American English; earlier chincomin, perhaps < Algonkian (Delaware) chinqua large + min- a root, seed]

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