chinquapin

noun

1. Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis.

2. Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis.

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

4. The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus).

5. A species in the chestnut genus Castanea:

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