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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 chincapin
 慄樹一種;其果實

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chin·ca·pin n. See Chinquapin.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chin·qua·pin n. Bot. A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin and chinkapin.]
 Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.
 Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 chincapin
      n : small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the
          southern United States; resembles a hazelnut [syn: chinkapin,
           chinquapin]