crabapple
See also: crab-apple and crab apple
English
Crabapples (fruit) on the branch.
Alternative forms
Noun
crabapple (plural crabapples)
- Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
- The fruit of this tree.
- An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.
Derived terms
terms derived from crabapple
- American crabapple
- cultivated crabapple
- European crabapple
- garland crabapple
- Iowa crabapple
- Oregon crabapple
- showy crabapple
- Siberian crabapple
- sweet crabapple
- western crabapple
Translations
tree
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fruit
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unpleasant person
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References
- crabapple at USDA Plants database
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