crab apple

crab apple
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
• Hypernyms: ↑apple tree
• Hyponyms:
• Part Meronyms: ↑crabapple
2. any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
• Syn: ↑wild apple, ↑crabapple
• Hypernyms: ↑apple tree
• Hyponyms:
3. small sour apple; suitable for preserving
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crabapples make a tangy jelly

• Syn: ↑crabapple
• Hypernyms: ↑apple
• Part Holonyms: ↑crabapple, ↑cultivated crab apple

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noun, pl ⋯ apples [count]
: a small, sour apple or the kind of tree that produces it

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ˈcrab apple [crab apple crab apples] noun
a tree that produces fruit like small hard sour apples, also called crab apples

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crab-apple jelly

 
Word Origin:
late Middle English: crab perhaps an alteration (influenced by ↑crab or ↑crabbed) of Scots and northern English scrab, in the same sense, probably of Scandinavian origin.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Crab apple — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crab apple — crab .apple n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from CRAB] a small sour apple, or the tree it grows on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • crab apple — crab apples N COUNT A crab apple is a tree like an apple tree that produces small sour fruit …   English dictionary

  • crab apple — n. 1. any of several species of small, very sour apples (genus Malus), growing wild or cultivated and used for making jellies and preserves 2. a tree bearing crab apples: also crab tree …   English World dictionary

  • crab-apple — crabˈ apple noun • • • Main Entry: ↑crab …   Useful english dictionary

  • crab apple — crab ,apple noun count or uncount a very small sour apple …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • crab apple — ► NOUN ▪ a small, sour kind of apple. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English scrab …   English terms dictionary

  • crab apple — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms crab apple : singular crab apple plural crab apples a very small sour apple …   English dictionary

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