crabapple

crabapple

See also: crab-apple and crab apple

English

Crabapples (fruit) on the branch.

Alternative forms

• crab-apple, crab apple

Etymology

crab +‎ apple

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹæbˌæpəl/

Noun

crabapple (plural crabapples)

1. Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).

   Synonyms: crab, crab tree, crabapple tree

2. The fruit of this tree.

   Synonym: crab

3. An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.

   Synonyms: grouch, grump, misery, moaner

Hypernyms

• fruit
  • apple

Derived terms

terms derived from crabapple

• American crabapple
• cultivated crabapple
• European crabapple
• garland crabapple
• Iowa crabapple
• Oregon crabapple
• showy crabapple
• Siberian crabapple
• sweet crabapple
• western crabapple

Translations

tree

Basque: sagarmin Bulgarian: дива ябълка f (diva jabǎlka) Catalan: pomera salvatge f Cheyenne: náhkôhemenó'e Chinese: Mandarin: 野蘋果／野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ), 海棠 (zh) Cornish: gwedhen krabbys (collective) Faroese: apaldur m Finnish: villiomenapuu Galician: maceira brava f Georgian: მაჟალო (mažalo) German: Holzapfel (de) m Irish: crann fia-úll m Latvian: mežābele (lv) f Portuguese: macieira silvestre f Russian: дикая я́блоня (dikaja jáblonja) Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-ubhal m Spanish: manzano silvestre m Swedish: vildapel (sv) n Welsh: coeden afal bach sur f

fruit

Albanian: mollë e egër f Bulgarian: киселица f (kiselica) Chinese: Mandarin: 野蘋果／野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ) Cornish: aval goodh m Finnish: villiomena Galician: mazá brava f Georgian: მაჟალო (mažalo) German: Holzapfel (de) m Irish: fia-úll m, úll fiáin m, goirteog f Manx: gartag f, ooyl feie f Plautdietsch: Paradiessaupel m Portuguese: maçã silvestre f Russian: ди́кое я́блоко n (díkoje jábloko) Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-ubhal m Spanish: manzana silvestre f Tagalog: alimangong mansanas Welsh: afal bach sur m, crabysyn m, grobosyn m

unpleasant person

Chinese: Mandarin: 乖戾的人 (guāilì de rén) Finnish: hapannaama Russian: отморо́зок (ru) m (otmorózok) Swedish: surkart (sv) n

References

• crabapple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Malus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Malus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• crabapple at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• applecrab