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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crab apple::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crabapple, cultivated crab apple |
| Type of | apple tree |
| Has types | flowering crab, siberian crab, malus baccata, southern crab apple, malus angustifolia, cherry apple, cherry crab, siberian crab apple |
crab apple::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crabapple, wild apple |
| Type of | apple tree |
| Has types | wild crab, garland crab, iowa crab, iowa crab apple, oregon crab apple, prairie crab, western crab apple, american crab apple, malus coronaria, malus fusca, malus ioensis, malus sylvestris |
Examples of crab apple
crab apple
Garnish with slices of crab apple, freshly grated cinnamon and a cinnamon stick.
From the kentucky.com
The infected clumps are in a bed of perennials growing beneath a crab apple tree.
From the dispatch.com
She always served slices of her freshly baked bread and homemade crab apple jelly.
From the tennessean.com
In one far corner sat an apple tree and in the other, a crab apple and plum.
From the telegraph.co.uk
These include ornamental crab apple and wild cherry trees, and the flowering quince.
From the kentucky.com
Then he planted trees-birch, crab apple, and Japanese maple-in other places.
From the lohud.com
A flowering crab apple tree has been planted at the school in Kelli's honor.
From the stltoday.com
Birch, magnolia, dogwood, crab apple and Japanese pagoda trees provide lots of shade.
From the washingtonpost.com
When colonists arrived in the New World they found only crab apple trees.
From the dailyherald.com
