Oregon crab apple

Oregon crab apple
a shrub or small tree, Malus fusca, of the rose family, of the northwestern coast of North America, having hairy leaves, white flowers, and yellow or green oblong fruit.

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  • Oregon crab apple — noun small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit • Syn: ↑Malus fusca • Hypernyms: ↑wild apple, ↑crab apple, ↑crabapple * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized O : a small tree …   Useful english dictionary

  • crab apple — 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:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • crab apple — 1. a small, sour, wild apple. 2. any of various small, tart, cultivated varieties of apple, used for making jelly and preserves. 3. any tree bearing such fruit. [1705 15] * * * ▪ tree also called  Crab,    any of several small trees of the genus… …   Universalium

  • wild apple — noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit • Syn: ↑crab apple, ↑crabapple • Hypernyms: ↑apple tree • Hyponyms: ↑wild crab, ↑Malus sylvestris, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • crabapple — 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: ↑crab apple, ↑cultivated crab apple • Hypernyms: ↑apple tree • Hyponyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Malus fusca — noun small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit • Syn: ↑Oregon crab apple • Hypernyms: ↑wild apple, ↑crab apple, ↑crabapple …   Useful english dictionary

  • Malus fusca (Raf.) C.K. Schneid. — Symbol MAFU Common Name Oregon crab apple Botanical Family Rosaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Malus fusca (Raf.) C.K. Schneid. — Symbol MAFU Common Name Oregon crab apple Botanical Family Rosaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • powitch — ˈpau̇ich noun (plural powitch) Etymology: Chinook Jargon, from Chinook páuč : oregon crab apple …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crabapple — Japanese Crabapple fruit Crabapple (Crab Apple in Europe) is a term used for several species of Malus in the family Rosaceae, which are characterized by small sour fruit resembling familiar table apples (Malus domestica). They are usually small… …   Wikipedia

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