dwarf chestnut

dwarf chestnut

n 1. (Cookery) the edible nut of the chinquapin tree 2. (Plants) another name for chinquapin¹

Thesaurus

Noun

1.dwarf chestnut - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nutsAllegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, eastern chinquapin, 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