CRAB APPLE


Meaning of CRAB APPLE in English

■ noun

1》 a small, sour kind of apple.

2》 (also crab tree ) a small tree bearing ~s. [ Malus sylvestris and other species.]

Origin

ME: perh. an alt. of Scots and north. Engl. scrab .

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