AMERICAN CRAB APPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American crab apple mean? 

• AMERICAN CRAB APPLE (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN CRAB APPLE has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN CRAB APPLE (noun)

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Meaning:

Medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American crab apple; garland crab; Malus coronaria

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

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

Holonyms ("American crab apple" is a member of...):

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