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WESTERN CRAB APPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does western crab apple mean?
• WESTERN CRAB APPLE (noun)
The noun WESTERN CRAB APPLE has 1 sense:
1. wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
Familiarity information: WESTERN CRAB APPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("western crab apple" 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 "western crab apple"):
Bechtel crab; flowering crab (derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms)
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