chinquapin oak

noun

: either of two chestnut oaks (Quercus muehlenbergii and Q. prinoides) of the eastern U.S.

Examples of chinquapin oak in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The city’s spring list of authorized trees includes the shingle oak, Kentucky coffee tree, Hackberry, hybrid elm, tulip tree, plane-tree, Japanese tree lilac, silver linden, chinquapin oak, crabapple, American linden, red oak, swamp white oak and heritage oak. —Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2021

Available trees include red maple, red oak, chinquapin oak, redbud and desert willow, according to the Foundation. —Teri Webster, Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2020

The adapted list includes Texas red oak, live oak, cedar elm, Mexican white oak, bur oak, Mexican sycamore and chinquapin oak. —Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2020

Lace bugs attack pyracanthas, Boston ivy, sycamores, bur oaks, chinquapin oaks, azaleas, American elms and boxwoods, among others, turning their leaves the same pale tan color. —Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 5 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chinquapin oak

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