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CASTANEA OZARKENSIS

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Castanea ozarkensis" 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 "Castanea ozarkensis"):

chincapin; chinkapin; chinquapin (small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut)

Holonyms ("Castanea ozarkensis" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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