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Crab apple Common

Crab apple has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit

3

small sour apple; suitable for preserving

"crabapples make a tangy jelly"

4

Alternative spelling of crabapple

See Also
scrog crab wherry
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
apple tree apple
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Siberian crab Southern crab apple wild crab American crab apple Oregon crab apple Iowa crab
Rhyming Words
ple caple tiple ample duple tuple diple apple maple kipple people ripple temple marple hopple meeple semple popple topple sipple
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