crab apple

Synonyms:

crabapple, wild apple

Types:

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Malus sylvestris, wild crab

wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples

American crab apple, Malus coronaria, garland crab

medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit

Malus fusca, Oregon crab apple

small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit

Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, Malus ioensis, prairie crab, western crab apple

wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers

Bechtel crab, flowering crab

derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms

Type of:

apple tree

any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits

Synonyms:

crabapple, cultivated crab apple

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

Synonyms:

crabapple

Type of:

apple

fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh