Iowa crab

Iowa 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 iowa crab apple
Usage: usually capitalized I
Etymology: iowa (II)
: a wild crab apple (Malus ioensis) of the western United States with fragrant pink flowers — called also western crab apple

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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