crabapple

English

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Alternative forms

• crab-apple, crab apple

Noun

crabapple (plural crabapples)

1. Any of the wild varieties 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

• (tree): crab
• (fruit): crab
• (crabby person): grouch, grump, misery, moaner

Derived terms

terms derived from crabapple

American crabapple cultivated crabapple garland crabapple Iowa crabapple Oregon crabapple

showy crabapple Siberian crabapple sweet crabapple western crabapple

Translations

tree

• Bulgarian: дива ябълка (bg) (diva jabǎlka) f
• Cheyenne: náhkôhemenó'e
• Faroese: apaldur (fo) m
• Finnish: villiomenapuu (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Holzapfel (de) m
• Latvian: mežābele (lv) f
• Russian: дикая яблоня (ru) (dikaja jablonja)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-ubhal (gd) m
• Spanish: manzano silvestre m

fruit

• Bulgarian: киселица (bg) (kiselica) f
• Finnish: villiomena (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Holzapfel (de) m
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-ubhal (gd) m
• Spanish: manzana silvestre (es) f

unpleasant person

• Finnish: hapannaama (fi)