chinquapin

noun

1. 1

   Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.

2. 2

   Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.

3. 3

   A water chinquapin, the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.

4. 4

   The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).

5. 5

   A species in the chestnut genus Castanea:

6. 6

   A chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.