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SOUTHERN CRAB APPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Southern crab apple mean?
• SOUTHERN CRAB APPLE (noun)
The noun SOUTHERN CRAB APPLE has 1 sense:
1. small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Familiarity information: SOUTHERN CRAB APPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
flowering crab; Malus angustifolia; Southern crab apple
Hypernyms ("Southern crab apple" is a kind 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)
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