CHERRY CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cherry crab mean? 

• CHERRY CRAB (noun)
  The noun CHERRY CRAB has 1 sense:

1. Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHERRY CRAB (noun)

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Meaning:

Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cherry apple; cherry crab; Malus baccata; Siberian crab; Siberian crab apple

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

crab apple; crabapple; cultivated crab apple (any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms)

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

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