crabapple

Meaning

1. Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.

Synonyms

crab apple

wild apple

cultivated crab apple

wild crab

golden hornet flowering crabapple

Translations

Holzapfel

poma borda

Zierapfelbaum

Malus Golden Hornet

Säulen-Apfelbaum

ξινόμηλο

ξινομηλιά

pommette

pommier d’ornement

golden hornet

pommier golden hornet

pommier ornemental

pommier à fleur

mela selvatica

melo selvatico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹæbˌæpəl/

Etymology

From crab (“wild apple”) + apple.