'Chinquapin' definitions:

Definition of 'chinquapin'

noun

Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States [syn: Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis]

noun

Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts [syn: Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila]

noun

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

From: GCIDE

Chinquapin \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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]