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单词 wankapin
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wankapinn.

Brit. /ˈwaŋkəpɪn/, U.S. /ˈwæŋkəˌpɪn/
Forms:

α. 1800s wancopin, 1800s wankopin, 1800s wanquapin, 1800s waukapin, 1800s–1900s wampapin, 1800s– wankapin, 1800s– wonkapin Brit. /ˈwɒŋkəpɪn/, U.S. /ˈwɑŋkəˌpɪn/.

β. 1800s–1900s yoncopin, 1800s–1900s yonkerpin, 1800s– yonkapin, 1900s yonkipin, 1900s yonkypin, 1900s– yankapin, 1900s– yonquapin, 1900s– younquepin, 1900s– yunkapin.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from an Algonquian language.
Etymology: Probably < an unattested Virginia Algonquian cognate of Meskwaki wâkihpeni and Ojibwa (Nipissing) waagipin, both denoting the same plant < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps an Algonquian base with the sense ‘bent’) + an Algonquian base denoting an edible root or tuber.The origin of the initial y in the β. forms is uncertain. Wankapin is also attested earlier as part of a place name in eastern Virginia (1767 in the Wankapin branch).
North American.
A lotus native to North and Central America having fragrant yellowish-white flowers, large cupped leaves on long petioles, and edible seeds and tubers, Nelumbo lutea. Also: the seeds or tubers of this plant. Also called water chincapin.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > nelumbo or plant of the Nymphaceae
lotus flower1710
Nelumbo1753
lotus1785
Nelumbium1806
wankapin1832
nymphal1846
lotus lily1857
1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xxiii. 232 This fine garden of wankopins and snake-collards.
1897 Rep. Fish Comm. State Missouri 1895–6 46 This Commission, recognizing the value of the Yoncopin, or American Lotus, to fish farming, has missed no opportunity of urging its cultivation.
1905 H. Kephart Bk. Camping & Woodcraft xvii. 235 Hazel nuts, beech nuts, pecans, and wankapins may be used like chestnuts.
1949 T. Z. Atkeson Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (Conservation in Action) No. 7 4/2 The dominant aquatic plant is the..yonkapin, with its huge, round, lilylike leaves and beautiful greenish-yellow blossoms.
1979 S. T. Runkel & A. F. Bull Wildflowers Indiana Woodlands 213/1 American lotus: Nelumbo lutea... Other common names: duck acorn, great yellow water lily, rattlenut, water chinquapin, waternut, wankapin, yackeynut, yankapin.
2012 @_WeeHeh 26 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I feel like all i eat is corn...lol specially when im round my shawnee ppl...my osage fave is yonkapins <3 mmmm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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