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water chinquapin

  1. a perennial American waterlily (Nelumbo lutea) with large, emersed, umbrella-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
  2. its edible fruit

See water chinquapin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A North American aquatic plant (Nelumbo lutea) related to the lotus and the water lilies and having large shield-shaped aerial leaves, large pale-yellow flowers, and edible nutlike seeds.
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