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chinquapin (chĭng`kəpĭn) [Algonquian], name for certain American species of the chestnut chestnut, name for any species of the genus Castanea, deciduous trees of the family Fagaceae (beech or oak family) widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by thin-shelled, sweet, edible nuts borne in a bristly bur.
..... Click the link for more information. genus of the family Fagaceae (beech beech, common name for the Fagaceae, a family of trees and shrubs mainly of temperate and subtropical regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The principal genera—Castanea (chestnut and chinquapin), Fagus (beech), and Quercus
..... Click the link for more information. family) and for a related species, the golden chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), an evergreen of the Pacific states. The common chinquapin is Castanea pumila, native to the E United States. Its wood and fruit are used like those of the chestnut. The bush chinquapin (C. alnifolia) has a more southern range. Chinquapin is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Fagales, family Fagaceae.

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There are two types of chinquapin trees, also called ''chikapin trees,'' that are available commercially in the United States, the Allegheny chinquapin and the Georgiana chinquapin.

Chinquapin History by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community

Packed with warm humour, one-liners and eventually a helping of tragedy, the action takes place in Truvy's beauty salon, unofficial hub of Chinquapin, a small Louisiana town.

Reviews: The deep South; STEEL MAGNOLIAS The Fellowship Players ... by Birmingham Mail (England)

Then he moves on to discussing the chinquapin trees, or the mountain thrushes that should be back in about a month, or the ouzels or grouse or mountain beavers.

Mountain man breathes life into great outdoors by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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