noun
any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
• Syn: ↑crab apple, ↑crabapple
• Hypernyms: ↑apple tree
• Hyponyms:
↑wild crab, ↑Malus sylvestris, ↑American crab apple, ↑garland crab, ↑Malus coronaria, ↑Oregon crab apple, ↑Malus fusca, ↑Iowa crab, ↑Iowa crab apple, ↑prairie crab, ↑western crab apple, ↑Malus ioensis
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noun1. : an apple that grows wild: as
a. : oregon crab apple
b. : siberian crab
2. : the fruit of the native cranberry
Useful english dictionary. 2012.