Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water chinquapin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter ch-in-quapin
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.

noun

The edible seed of this plant.

Example Sentences

"The woman is next instructed to gather ceremonially the roots of the water chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea) for food for her little ones."

Etymology

From water + chinquapin. The seeds are used for food like the nuts of the chinquapin.

Inflected Forms

water chinquapins (plural)

Synonyms

american lotus yanquapin nelumbo lutea

Questions

What does water chinquapin mean?: An American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.
Where does water chinquapin come from?: From water + chinquapin. The seeds are used for food like the nuts of the chinquapin.

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