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cultivated crab apple

DEFINITIONS OF: cultivated crab apple

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n 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

Synonyms:
crab apple, crabapple
Types:
Malus baccata, Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry apple, cherry crab
Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
Malus angustifolia, Southern crab apple, flowering crab
small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Type of:
apple tree
any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
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