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 | crab apple, crabapple |
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Parts | crab apple, crabapple | small sour apple |
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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 |
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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 |
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