crab apple
noun [C] (UK also crab)Definition
› (the small, sour fruit of) a small tree that has attractive flowers: a crab apple treeFruit TreesTypes of fruit
(Definition of crab apple noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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