noun
small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit
• Syn: ↑Malus fusca
• Hypernyms: ↑wild apple, ↑crab apple, ↑crabapple
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nounUsage: usually capitalized O
: a small tree (Malus fusca) of western No. America having white flowers
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a shrub or small tree, Malus fusca, of the rose family, of the northwestern coast of North America, having hairy leaves, white flowers, and yellow or green oblong fruit.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.