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WATER CHINQUAPIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("water chinquapin" is a kind of...):
edible seed (many are used as seasoning)
Holonyms ("water chinquapin" is a part of...):
American lotus; Nelumbo lutea; water chinquapin; yanquapin (water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
Synonyms:
American lotus; Nelumbo lutea; water chinquapin; yanquapin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water chinquapin" is a kind of...):
water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)
Meronyms (parts of "water chinquapin"):
water chinquapin (edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin)
Holonyms ("water chinquapin" is a member of...):
genus Nelumbo; Nelumbo (sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses)