Chinquapin

n.
  1. A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.
    2. Chinquapin oak ,
    a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.
    Western Chinquapin ,
    an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.