MALUS SYLVESTRIS

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Meaning:

Wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples

Synonyms:

Malus sylvestris; wild crab

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Malus sylvestris" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Malus sylvestris" is a member of...):

genus Malus; Malus (apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere)

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