单词 | giant chinquapin |
释义 | giant chinquapin in British English (ˈdʒaɪənt ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn) noun another name for chinquapin (sense 2) chinquapin in British English or chincapin or chinkapin (ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn) noun Compare water chinquapin1. a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts 2. Also called: giant chinquapin a large evergreen fagaceous tree, Castanopsis chrysophylla, of W North America 3. the nut of either of these trees Word origin C17: of Algonquian origin; compare Algonquian chechinkamin chestnut |
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