CULTIVATED CRAB APPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cultivated crab apple mean? 

• CULTIVATED CRAB APPLE (noun)
  The noun CULTIVATED CRAB APPLE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CULTIVATED CRAB APPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CULTIVATED CRAB APPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crab apple; crabapple; cultivated crab apple

Hypernyms ("cultivated crab apple" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cultivated crab apple"):

crab apple; crabapple (small sour apple; suitable for preserving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cultivated crab apple"):

cherry apple; cherry crab; Malus baccata; Siberian crab; Siberian crab apple (Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving)

flowering crab; Malus angustifolia; Southern crab apple (small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms)