- chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin - small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
--1 is a kind of edible nut
--1 is a part ofAllegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila; Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis