crabapple

See also: crab-apple and crab apple

English

Crabapples (fruit) on the branch.

Alternative forms

• crab-apple, crab apple

Etymology

crab +‎ apple

Noun

crabapple (plural crabapples)

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

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

Derived terms

terms derived from crabapple

• American crabapple
• cultivated crabapple
• European crabapple
• garland crabapple
• Iowa crabapple
• Oregon crabapple

• showy crabapple
• Siberian crabapple
• sweet crabapple
• western crabapple

Translations

tree

• Basque: sagarmin
• Bulgarian: дива ябълка f (diva jabǎlka)
• Cheyenne: náhkôhemenó'e
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野蘋果／野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ), 野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ), 海棠 (zh) (hǎitáng)

• Faroese: apaldur m
• Finnish: villiomenapuu
• Georgian: მაჟალო (mažalo)
• German: Holzapfel (de) m
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• Irish: crann fia-úll m
• Latvian: mežābele (lv) f
• Portuguese: macieira silvestre f
• Russian: дикая я́блоня (dikaja jáblonja)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-ubhal m
• Spanish: manzano silvestre m
• Swedish: vildapel (sv) n
• Welsh: coeden afal bach sur f

fruit

• Bulgarian: киселица f (kiselica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野蘋果／野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ), 野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ)

• Cornish: aval goodh m
• Finnish: villiomena
• Georgian: მაჟალო (mažalo)
• German: Holzapfel (de) m
• Irish: fia-úll m, úll fiáin m, goirteog f
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• Manx: gartag f, ooyl feie f
• Portuguese: maçã silvestre f
• Russian: ди́кое я́блоко n (díkoje jábloko)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-ubhal m
• Spanish: manzana silvestre f
• Tagalog: alimangong mansanas
• Welsh: afal bach sur m, crabysyn m, grobosyn m

unpleasant person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乖戾的人 (guāilì de rén)

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• Finnish: hapannaama
• Russian: отморо́зок (ru) m (otmorózok)

References

• crabapple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Malus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Malus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• crabapple at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• applecrab