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IOWA CRAB APPLE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
Synonyms:
Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Iowa crab apple" is a kind of...):
crab apple; crabapple; wild apple (any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Iowa crab apple"):
Bechtel crab; flowering crab (derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms)
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