IOWA CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iowa crab mean? 

• IOWA CRAB (noun)
  The noun IOWA CRAB has 1 sense:

1. wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IOWA CRAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple

Hypernyms ("Iowa crab" is a kind of...):

crab apple; crabapple; wild apple (any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit)

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

Bechtel crab; flowering crab (derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms)