chinquapin.
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:
Meaning & usage
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea: Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea: Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea: Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees.
Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs.
Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).
Where this word comes from
Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).
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