water chinquapin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

water chinquapin
    n 1: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow
         blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds [syn: {water
         chinquapin}, {American lotus}, {yanquapin}, {Nelumbo
         lutea}]
    2: edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor
       of a chinquapin

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Water chinquapin \Wa"ter chin"qua*pin\ (Bot.)
   The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat
   resemble chinquapins. Cf. {Yoncopin}.
   [1913 Webster]

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