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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

Words formed from crab apple

  • bigfruit crab apple
  • Chinese crab apple
  • cutleaf crab apple
  • European crab apple
  • Hall crab apple
  • hawthorn-leaf crab apple
  • Japanese crab apple
  • Japanese flowering crab apple
  • kaido crab apple
  • Manchurian crab apple
  • Oregon crab apple
  • plumleaf crab apple
  • prairie crab apple
  • Siberian crab apple
  • southern crab apple
  • sweet crab apple

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. craaling
  2. craals
  3. crab
  4. crab angle
  5. crab angles
  6. crab apple
  7. crab apples
  8. crab appletree
  9. crab appletrees
  10. crab boil
  11. crab boils

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