garland crab

garland crab
noun
medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
Hypernyms: ↑wild apple, ↑crab apple, ↑crabapple
Member Holonyms: ↑Malus, ↑genus Malus

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