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WILD APPLE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
Synonyms:
crab apple; crabapple; wild apple
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild apple" is a kind of...):
apple tree (any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild apple"):
Malus sylvestris; wild crab (wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples)
American crab apple; garland crab; Malus coronaria (medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit)
Malus fusca; Oregon crab apple (small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit)
Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple (wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers)