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crab-apple

crab-apple is the alternative spelling of crabapple.

Meaning of crabapple

Noun

crabapple (plural crabapples)

  1. Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
  2. The fruit of this tree.
    Synonyms:
    crab
  3. An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.
    Synonyms:
    grouch, grump, misery, moaner

Forms of crab-apple

pluralcrab-apples

Questions about crab-apple

What is crab-apple the alternative spelling of?
Crab-apple is the alternative spelling of crabapple.

Words near crab-apple in the dictionary

  1. crab tree
  2. crab trees
  3. crab yaws
  4. crab's eye
  5. crab's eyes
  6. crab-apple
  7. crab-apples
  8. crab-core
  9. crab-eater
  10. crab-eater seal
  11. crab-eaters

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