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DWARF CHESTNUT

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Meaning:

Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

Synonyms:

Allegheny chinkapin; Castanea pumila; chinquapin; dwarf chestnut; eastern chinquapin

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("dwarf chestnut" 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 "dwarf chestnut"):

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

Holonyms ("dwarf chestnut" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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