chinquapin

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chinquapin

/ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/

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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”).

noun chinquapins · chinkapin · chincapin

Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
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.
Similar: chinkapin oak
A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).
Similar: shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinkapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish, sun perch

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noun shrub in the genus Castanopsis

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@misc{chinquapin_2026,
  title = {chinquapin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chinquapin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}