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Noun: water chinquapin
  1. Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
    - American lotus, yanquapin, Nelumbo lutea
     
  2. Edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavour of a chinquapin

Derived forms: water chinquapins

Type of: edible seed, water lily

Part of: genus Nelumbo, Nelumbo