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WILD CRAB
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples
Synonyms:
Malus sylvestris; wild crab
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild crab" is a kind of...):
crab apple; crabapple; wild apple (any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit)
Holonyms ("wild crab" is a member of...):
genus Malus; Malus (apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere)