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chinkapin

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chinkapin [ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a variant spelling of chinquapin
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Noun1.chinkapin - small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
Castanea ozarkensis, chinquapin, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin - shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States


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Incense-cedar could move from Libocedrus to Calocedrus; giant chinkapin from Castanopsis to Chrysolepis; saguaro from Cereum to Carnegiea; Key tree-cactus from Cereus to Pilosocereus; smokethorn from Dalea to Psorothamnus; and you could just see the bumelias (Bumelia), willow bustic (Dipholis), and false-mastic (Mastichodendron) join each other in Sideroxylon.
Trainer Mike Mitchell, who won Fairplex Park's Pomona Handicap with Chinkapin in 2003, goes for a repeat with Hotel Hall (Omar Figueroa riding) and I Pea Oh (Omar Berrio) in Sunday's race.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Gary Ray Wallace at 2713 Chinkapin Lane, Rowlett, Texas 75089.
 
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