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FLOWERING CRAB

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms

Synonyms:

flowering crab; Malus angustifolia; Southern crab apple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flowering 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms

Synonyms:

Bechtel crab; flowering crab

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flowering crab" is a kind of...):

Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple (wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers)

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