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water chinquapin

noun

  1. an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible tuber and seed.
  2. the edible parts of this plant.


water chinquapin

noun

  1. a North American aquatic plant, Nelumbo lutea, having large umbrella-shaped leaves, pale yellow flowers, and edible nutlike seeds: family Nelumbonaceae Compare chinquapin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of water chinquapin1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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