yoncopin en · NOUN
Etymology
Probably related to wankapin.
Meanings
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(US, dialectal, qualifier:Mississippi) Nelumbo lutea, the American lotus, the water chinkapin.
[…] she was as the wild yoncopin to the calla lily. Marjie knew how to dress. To-day, shaded by the buggy-top, in her dainty light blue lawn, with the soft pink of her cheeks and her clear white brow and throat, she was a most delicious thing […]
1910, Margaret Hill McCarter, The Price of the Prairie:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yoncopins | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| yankapin | alternative | lexicographic | |
| yancopin | alternative | lexicographic |