chincapin

noun

1. a shrubby chestnut, Castanea pumila, of the beech family, native to the southeastern U.S., having toothed, oblong leaves and small edible nuts.
2. Also called golden chinquapin. a Pacific coast evergreen tree, Castanopsis chrysophylla, of the beech family, having deeply furrowed bark, dark green lance-shaped leaves, and inedible nuts.
3. the nut of either of these trees.

noun

1. a variant spelling of chinquapin

noun

1. a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
2. Also called: giant chinquapin a large evergreen fagaceous tree, Castanopsis chrysophylla, of W North America
3. the nut of either of these trees