单词 | chincapin |
释义 | chincapinchinquapinn. The Dwarf Chestnut ( Castanea pumila), a native of Virginia and the adjacent states, a shrubby tree, from 6 to 20 ft. high, with a small, very sweet nut. Also, the nut of this tree. water chincapin n. ( Nelumbium luteum). western chincapin n. ( Castanopsis chrysophylla). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > chestnut chesteine1362 castanea1398 chestnut1519 chincapinc1612 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > chestnut > chestnut tree > types of chincapinc1612 maronnier1693 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [adjective] > of or pert to particular nut-trees almondinea1400 walnut-tree1536 amygdaliceous1731 chincapin1785 amygdalaceous1852 c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. vi. 72 They..live..most of Acrons, Wallnuts, Chesnutts, Chechinquamyns and Fish. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 353 They [the Virginians] haue a small fruit growing on little trees, husked like a Chesnut, but the fruit most like a very small Acorne. This they call Chechinquamins, which they esteeme a great daintie.] 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 629 A Chincopine, which is like a Chesnut, with a Burry husk, but lesse by far. 1693 T. Glover in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 619 The Flowring Beech of Virginia, and..the Chinquapin of the same place. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 125 Quercus Prinus humilis. Dwarf Chesnut or Chinquepin Oak. 1807 Norfolk (Va.) Gaz. 13 Nov. 4/3 For Sale, 2000 Cedar and Chinquepin Posts. 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 625 Castanea pumila... The fruit is..generally known by the name of Chinquapin. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 326 Look at Cornelia's face! It is as brown as a chinquapin. 1863 Times 16 June U.S. Corresp. A thick undergrowth of chicopin. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 408/2 A thicket of chincapins. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs II. 110 Rebeldom, where a Union man's life was worth about a chinquapin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.c1612 |
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