Crab Apple

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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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Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

small sour apple

Wordset Dictionary

any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

7 surface forms

synonym: crab applecrabapplecultivated crab apple
alternatephrasing: Crabapple
plural: Crab Apples
possessive: Crab Apple's
pluralpossessive: Crab Apples'

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