water chinquapin
water chinquapin · water chinquapins
An American lotus, an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if…An American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.
Meaning
2 sensesAn American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.
The edible seed of this plant.
More definitions
- edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
- water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
Origin
From water + chinquapin. The seeds are used for food like the nuts of the chinquapin.From water + chinquapin. The seeds are used for food like the nuts of the chinquapin.
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Forms
plural: water chinquapins| Singular | water chinquapin |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds:American lotusyanquapinNelumbo lutea
See also
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