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water chinquapin

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The North American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. yoncopin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
  • noun water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

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