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Definition: Crab Apple |
Crab AppleNoun1. Any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acid (usually bright red) fruit used for preserving or as ornamentals for their blossoms. 2. Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acid fruit. 3. Small sour apple; suitable for preserving; "crabapples make a tangy jelly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Crab AppleSynonyms: crabapple (n), cultivated crab apple (n), wild apple (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crab Apple |
| English words defined with "crab apple": cherry apple, cherry crab ♦ Iowa crab ♦ Malus baccata, Malus ioensis, Malus sylvestris ♦ prairie crab ♦ Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple, Soft-shelled crabs ♦ Uowa crab apple ♦ western crab apple, wild crab. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "crab apple": american crab apple ♦ cultivated crab apple ♦ Oregon crab apple ♦ siberian crab apple ♦ southern crab apple ♦ Uowa crab apple ♦ western crab apple. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crab apple tree | 66 |
crab apple | 53 |
flowering crab apple | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "crab apple"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | plané jablko, planá jabloò. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wilde appel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pomme sauvage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξινόμηλο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooyl feie, gartag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abcray appleay дикий яблоко. (various references) manzana silvestre. (various references) yaban elması. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Cancer, Cancridae, Chaceon maritae, Geryon quinquedens, malus baccata linnaeus,moench, malus domestica,borkhausen, malus pumila p.miller, malus sylvestris,miller, Scylla serrata. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-p-p-r" | |
-1 letter: capabler, palpebra. | |
-2 letters: apparel, capable, carpale, clapper, parable. | |
-3 letters: appeal, appear, arable, capper, carpal, carpel, earlap, lapper, palace, parcel, placer, rappel. | |
-4 letters: abler, acerb, apace, appal, appel, apple, areal, areca, baler, becap, blare, blear, brace, cabal, caber, cable, caper, carle, clear, craal, crape, labra, lacer, pacer, palea, paler, papal, paper, parae, parle, pearl, pepla. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-p-p-r" | |
+1 letter: recappable. | |
+2 letters: appreciable, appreciably, backslapper. | |
+3 letters: approachable, backslappers. | |
+4 letters: inappreciable, inappreciably. | |
+5 letters: inapproachable, unapproachable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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