WATER CHINQUAPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water chinquapin mean? 

• WATER CHINQUAPIN (noun)
  The noun WATER CHINQUAPIN has 2 senses:

1. water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

2. edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin

  Familiarity information: WATER CHINQUAPIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER CHINQUAPIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American lotus; Nelumbo lutea; water chinquapin; yanquapin

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)

Sense 2

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)