Allegheny chinkapin

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Noun1.Allegheny chinkapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nutsAllegheny chinkapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin
chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin - small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
Castanea, genus Castanea - chestnuts; chinkapins
chestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
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The Carneros yucca, Florida chinkapin, and Hinds willow are now what taxonomists call synonyms (no longer accepted names) of Faxon yucca, Allegheny chinkapin, and sandbar willow.
Championing changes in the forest
Other recently vacated thrones, with the previous champ's point totals: cajeput-tree (300), castorbean (49), Allegheny chinkapin (155), Ozark chinkapin (124), littleleaf cyrilla (61), September elm (271), Lindheimer hackberry (127), scrub hickory (121), screwbean mesquite (84), and water-elm (313).
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