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n. - Any of several small trees, most usually the dwarf chestnut of the U.S.

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Usage examples (10)
  • In addition to those mentioned, however, as constituting a portion of the staple articles, may be mentioned some of the forest nuts and fruits, such as the chincapin,...
  • Here were the chincapin-bushes, like miniature chestnut-trees, and here were the beautiful poplars.
  • Page 43 place in my regard as the maker of the very best whistles and fifes of chincapin bark of any one I had ever known.
  • First dye it with copperas, then prepare a dye of the following ingredients: chincapin leaves and buds, alder bushes, sour-wood leaves, sumach boughs and leaves, and...
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