crab apple

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. 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
• Syn:
crabapple, cultivated crab apple
• Hypernyms:
apple tree
• Hyponyms:
Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, cherry apple, cherry crab, Malus baccata,
Southern crab apple, flowering crab, Malus angustifolia
• Part Meronyms:
crabapple
2. any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
• Syn:
wild apple, crabapple
• Hypernyms:
apple tree
• Hyponyms:
wild crab, Malus sylvestris, American crab apple, garland crab, Malus coronaria,
Malus coronaria, Malus fusca, Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, prairie crab,
western crab apple, Malus ioensis
3. small sour apple;
suitable for preserving
- crabapples make a tangy jelly
• Syn:
crabapple
• Hypernyms:
apple
• Part Holonyms:
crabapple, cultivated crab apple

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crabapple, wild apple, cultivated crab apple