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MALUS SYLVESTRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Malus sylvestris mean?
• MALUS SYLVESTRIS (noun)
The noun MALUS SYLVESTRIS has 1 sense:
1. wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples
Familiarity information: MALUS SYLVESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Malus sylvestris; wild crab
Hypernyms ("Malus sylvestris" is a kind of...):
crab apple; crabapple; wild apple (any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit)
Holonyms ("Malus sylvestris" is a member of...):
genus Malus; Malus (apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere)
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