crab tree
noun
a tree bearing crab apples.
Origin of crab tree
1Middle English word dating back to 1300–50
Words Nearby crab tree
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How to use crab tree in a sentence
Among our native trees there is none more beautiful than the crab tree, both in flower and in fruit.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeIf you find a crab-apple on a tree, you may be sure that the tree is a crab-tree.
The wind came now and then, and shook down a shower of white and pink petals from a crab-tree in the hedge.
Wood Magic | Richard JefferiesBy the advice of his wife, Diffidence, the giant beat them soundly "with a crab-tree cudgel."
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.The crab tree, our indigenous apple-tree, is also seen in a great many places.
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