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    WILD CRAB

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Malus sylvestris; wild crab

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Holonyms ("wild crab" is a member of...):

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

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