chinquapin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:; Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
  2. Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:; Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
  3. Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea:; Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
  4. Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees.
  5. Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs.
  6. Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
  7. A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
  8. A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).

词形变化

chinquapins plural chinkapin alternative chincapin alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
chinquapin oak chinquapin rose giant chinquapin golden chinquapin water chinquapin western chinquapin

词源

Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).
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