What is "chincapin"

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.]

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.

n. (alternative form of chinquapin English)

n. small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: chinkapin, chinquapin]