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    IOWA CRAB APPLE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    crab apple; crabapple; wild apple (any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit)

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

    Bechtel crab; flowering crab (derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms)

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