water chinquapin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From water + chinquapin. The seeds are used for food like the nuts of the chinquapin.
Noun
[edit]water chinquapin (plural water chinquapins)
- An American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), an aquatic plant found from Minnesota and Oklahoma to islands if the Caribbean.
- 1925, Francis La Flesche, The Osage Tribe: the Rite of Vigil, Washington: USGPO, page 195:
- The woman is next instructed to gather ceremonially the roots of the water chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea) for food for her little ones.
- The edible seed of this plant.