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OZARK CHINKAPIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
Synonyms:
Castanea ozarkensis; chinquapin; Ozark chinkapin; Ozark chinquapin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ozark chinkapin" is a kind of...):
chestnut; chestnut tree (any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur)
Meronyms (parts of "Ozark chinkapin"):
chincapin; chinkapin; chinquapin (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)
Holonyms ("Ozark chinkapin" is a member of...):
Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)