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BECHTEL CRAB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bechtel crab mean?
• BECHTEL CRAB (noun)
The noun BECHTEL CRAB has 1 sense:
1. derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
Familiarity information: BECHTEL CRAB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bechtel crab; flowering crab
Hypernyms ("Bechtel crab" is a kind of...):
Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple (wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers)
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