NOUN | plant | cultivated crab apple, crab apple, crabapple | 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 |
---|
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. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | crab apple, crabapple | |
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 |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact