American lotus vs water chinquapin

American lotus and water chinquapin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American lotus	Yes	No	No	No
water chinquapin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American lotus and water chinquapin are synonyms defined as:

American lotus and water chinquapin: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

Other synonyms of American lotus include Nelumbo lutea, yanquapin.

American lotus (noun)	water chinquapin (noun)
water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds	edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin
	water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds