| NOUN | plant | crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple | any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms |
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| plant | crab apple, wild apple, crabapple | any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit | |
| food | crab apple, crabapple | small sour apple |
| Meaning | Any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms. | |
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| Synonyms | crabapple, cultivated crab apple | |
| Parts | crab apple, crabapple | small sour apple |
| Narrower | Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry apple, cherry crab, Malus baccata | Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving |
| Southern crab apple, flowering crab, Malus angustifolia | small tree or shrub of southeastern United States | |
| Broader | apple tree | Any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits |
| Meaning | Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit. | |
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| Synonyms | wild apple, crabapple | |
| Narrower | American crab apple, garland crab, Malus coronaria | medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit |
| Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, prairie crab, western crab apple, Malus ioensis | wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers | |
| Oregon crab apple, Malus fusca | small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit | |
| wild crab, Malus sylvestris | wild crab apple native to Europe | |
| Broader | apple tree | Any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits |
| Spanish | malus sylvestris, manzano silvestre | |
| Meaning | small sour apple; suitable for preserving. | |
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| Synonym | crabapple | |
| Part of | crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple | Any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms |
| Broader | apple | fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh |
| Spanish | manzana silvestre | |
| Catalan | poma borda | |
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