CRAB APPLE


Meaning of CRAB APPLE in English

noun

a tree that produces fruit like small hard sour apples, also called crab apples

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : crab perhaps an alteration (influenced by crab or crabbed ) of Scots and northern English scrab , in the same sense, probably of Scandinavian origin.

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