crab tree

American  

noun

1. a tree bearing crab apples.

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Etymology

Origin of crab tree

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

Besides several crab-stoles—the buds of the crab might be mistaken for thorns growing pointed at the extreme end of the twigs—there was a large crab tree, which bore a plentiful crop.

From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard

So here in the shadow of the American crab tree the light of the sky put out the written pages.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard

There is a broad shadow on the sward by the strawberries cast by a tall and fine-grown American crab tree.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard

The American crab tree is a snowy mount in spring; the flakes. of bloom, when they fall, cover the grass with a film—a bushel of bloom, which the wind takes and scatters afar.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard

They had scarcely marched a mile when, their legs failing them, they were forced to lie down under a crab tree, where they passed the night.

From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington