crabapple C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈkræbˌæpəl/ UK /ˈkræbˌæpəl/ See IPA manual Freq #89029 Meanings 1 noun a small, hard, sour apple borne by a wild or ornamental apple tree Huck and Jim decided to leave the unripe crabapples alone. 2 noun any of various wild or ornamental apple trees, especially species of the genus Malus that bear small fruit The crabapple covered the garden path with pink blossoms each spring. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a small, hard, sour apple... crab apple 2 noun · any of various wild or... crab apple treecrab tree Word family Forms crabapples Related forms appleMalus Etymology From crab, an old name for a wild apple, + apple. Crab may refer to the fruit's harsh, sour taste; the trees are now grown both for fruit and for ornamental blossom. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # crabapple **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkræbˌæpəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkræbˌæpəl/ **Frequency rank:** 89029 ## Meanings 1. a small, hard, sour apple borne by a wild or ornamental apple tree 2. any of various wild or ornamental apple trees, especially species of the genus Malus that bear small fruit ## Examples - Huck and Jim decided to leave the unripe crabapples alone. - The crabapple covered the garden path with pink blossoms each spring. ## Synonyms - crab apple - crab apple tree - crab tree ## Related Forms - apple - Malus ## Etymology From crab, an old name for a wild apple, + apple. Crab may refer to the fruit's harsh, sour taste; the trees are now grown both for fruit and for ornamental blossom. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown