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FLOWERING CRAB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flowering crab mean?
• FLOWERING CRAB (noun)
The noun FLOWERING CRAB has 2 senses:
1. derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
2. small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Familiarity information: FLOWERING CRAB used as a noun is 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 ("flowering 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
flowering crab; Malus angustifolia; Southern crab apple
Hypernyms ("flowering 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)
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