prairie crab

prairie crab
noun
wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
Hypernyms: ↑wild apple, ↑crab apple, ↑crabapple
Hyponyms: ↑Bechtel crab, ↑flowering crab

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noun or prairie crab apple

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