water chinquapin

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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water chinquapin (plural water chinquapins)

American lotus flower.
American lotus seeds
  1. 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.
  2. The edible seed of this plant.