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flowering crab
DEFINITIONS OF:
flowering crab
1
n
small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Synonyms:
Malus angustifolia
,
Southern crab apple
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
n
derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
Synonyms:
Bechtel crab
Type of:
Iowa crab
,
Iowa crab apple
,
Malus ioensis
,
prairie crab
,
western crab apple
wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
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