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Southern crab apple

DEFINITIONS OF: Southern crab apple

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n small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms

Synonyms:
Malus angustifolia, flowering crab
Type of:
crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple
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
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