Crab apple Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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
cultivated crab apple; crabapple.
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noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
wild apple; crabapple.
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noun small sour apple; suitable for preserving
crabapple.
- crabapples make a tangy jelly
WordNet
Definitions
- a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple (
Pyrus Malus var.sylvestris ); the Siberian crab apple (Pyrus baccata ); and the American (Pyrus coronaria ).