The Collaborative International Dictionary
Water chinquapin
Water chinquapin \Wa"ter chin"qua*pin\ (Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
WordNet
water chinquapin
n. water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds [syn: American lotus, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea]
edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin