water chinquapin

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The North American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• (Bot.) The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. yoncopin.

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• noun edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
• noun water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds