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CRAB APPLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small sour apple; suitable for preserving

Example:

crabapples make a tangy jelly

Synonyms:

crab apple; crabapple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("crab apple" is a kind of...):

apple (fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh)

Holonyms ("crab apple" is a 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit

Synonyms:

crab apple; crabapple; wild apple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("crab apple" is a kind of...):

apple tree (any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crab apple"):

Malus sylvestris; wild crab (wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples)

American crab apple; garland crab; Malus coronaria (medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit)

Malus fusca; Oregon crab apple (small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit)

Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple (wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers)

Sense 3

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; cultivated crab apple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("crab apple" is a kind of...):

apple tree (any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits)

Meronyms (parts of "crab apple"):

crab apple; crabapple (small sour apple; suitable for preserving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crab apple"):

cherry apple; cherry crab; Malus baccata; Siberian crab; Siberian crab apple (Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving)

flowering crab; Malus angustifolia; Southern crab apple (small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms)

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