water chinquapin

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water chinquapin

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From water + chinquapin. The seeds are used for food like the nuts of the chinquapin.

noun water chinquapins

An American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean. The woman is next instructed to gather ceremonially the roots of the water chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea) for food for her little ones.
The edible seed of this plant.

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@misc{water_chinquapin_2026,
  title = {water chinquapin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/water%20chinquapin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}