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crab apple

noun

  1. a small, sour, wild apple.
  2. any of various small, tart, cultivated varieties of apple, used for making jelly and preserves.
  3. any tree bearing such fruit.


crab apple

noun

  1. any of several rosaceous trees of the genus Malus that have white, pink, or red flowers and small sour apple-like fruits
  2. the fruit of any of these trees, used to make jam
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crab apple1

First recorded in 1705–15
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Example Sentences

Jade is frozen by the crab apple tree.

So I chose a crab apple instead, a reminder of my earliest tree memory — indeed my earliest memory, period — which was of a crab apple with pink blossoms.

Soon after, his class planted a crab apple tree outside the school.

He pointed out crab apple blossoms, which made an appearance in dessert.

Firm fruit that look like yellow crab apples rained down.

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