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PRAIRIE CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie crab mean? 

PRAIRIE CRAB (noun)
  The noun PRAIRIE CRAB has 1 sense:

1. wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowersplay

  Familiarity information: PRAIRIE CRAB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAIRIE CRAB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("prairie crab" 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 "prairie crab"):

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


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