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    CRABAPPLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small sour apple; suitable for preservingplay

    Example:

    crabapples make a tangy jelly

    Synonyms:

    crab apple; crabapple

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("crabapple" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("crabapple" 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 fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    crab apple; crabapple; wild apple

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("crabapple" 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 "crabapple"):

    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 blossomsplay

    Synonyms:

    crab apple; crabapple; cultivated crab apple

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("crabapple" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (parts of "crabapple"):

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

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

    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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