crab apple

noun

a small, sour, wild apple.
any of various small, tart, cultivated varieties of apple, used for making jelly and preserves.
any tree bearing such fruit.

crab apple

noun

any of several rosaceous trees of the genus Malus that have white, pink, or red flowers and small sour apple-like fruits
the fruit of any of these trees, used to make jam

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crab apple¹

First recorded in 1705–15

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Jade is frozen by the crab apple tree.

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So I chose a crab apple instead, a reminder of my earliest tree memory — indeed my earliest memory, period — which was of a crab apple with pink blossoms.

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Soon after, his class planted a crab apple tree outside the school.

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He pointed out crab apple blossoms, which made an appearance in dessert.

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Firm fruit that look like yellow crab apples rained down.

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