eastern chinquapin

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Noun

1.eastern chinquapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nutsAllegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, chinquapinchincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin - small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnutCastanea, genus Castanea - chestnuts; chinkapinschestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur