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CHERRY CRAB
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
Synonyms:
cherry apple; cherry crab; Malus baccata; Siberian crab; Siberian crab apple
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cherry crab" is a kind of...):
crab apple; crabapple; cultivated crab apple (any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms)
Holonyms ("cherry crab" is a member of...):
genus Malus; Malus (apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere)