Meanings
nounyoncopin (plural yoncopins)
plural yoncopins · alternative yancopin · alternative yankapin
- USdialectalMississippiNelumbo 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
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Origin
Probably related to wankapin.
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yoncopin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoncopin
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“yoncopin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoncopin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yoncopin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoncopin.
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