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crabapple en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹæbˌæpəl/

Etymology

From crab (“wild apple”) + apple.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

Pacific crabapple · Chinese pearleaf crabapple · sweet crabapple · Iowa crabapple · prairie crabapple · American crabapple · Manchurian crabapple · cultivated crabapple · European crabapple · showy crabapple · Oregon crabapple · Chinese crabapple · Siberian crabapple · garland crabapple · western crabapple · Texas crabapple · southern crab apple

Hypernyms

apple · fruit

Synonyms

grump · grouch · moaner · crab · crab tree · misery · crabapple tree · crab

Translations (58)

bg дива ябълка (tree) · gl mazá brava (fruit) · cmn 野蘋果 /野苹果 (fruit) · cy coeden afal bach sur (tree) · kw gwedhen krabbys (tree) · pt macieira silvestre (tree) · sq mollë e egër (fruit) · unm tëmpikànakw (tree) · fi villiomenapuu (tree) · ru ди́кая я́блоня (tree) · fo apaldur (tree) · cmn 乖戾的人 (unpleasant person) · da vildæble (fruit) · tl alimangong mansanas (fruit) · izh metsäomenapuu (tree) · ga úll fiáin (fruit) · cmn 海棠 (tree) · gl maceira brava (tree) · pl dzikie jabłko (fruit) · de Holzapfel (tree) · cy afal bach sur (fruit) · pdt Paradiessaupel (fruit) · chy náhkôhemenó'e (tree) · gd fiadh-ubhal (tree) · gd fiadh-ubhal (fruit) · sv vildapel (tree) · ka მაჟალო (tree) · kw aval goodh (fruit) · eo sovaĝa pomo (fruit) · unm tëmpikàn (fruit) · fi hapannaama (unpleasant person) · es sagarmín (fruit) · cy grobosyn (fruit) · bg киселица (fruit) · gv gartag (fruit) · ca pomera salvatge (tree) · ru отморо́зок (unpleasant person) · pl dzika jabłoń (tree) · ga crann fia-úll (tree) · pl nieprzyjemna osoba (unpleasant person) · lv mežābele (tree) · ka მაჟალო (fruit) · eu sagarmin (tree) · izh metsäomena (fruit) · ru ди́кое я́блоко (fruit) · es manzano silvestre (tree) · es manzana silvestre (fruit) · gv ooyl feie (fruit) · da skovæble (fruit) · fi villiomena (fruit) · pt maçã silvestre (fruit) · de Holzapfel (fruit) · cmn 野蘋果 /野苹果 (tree) · cy crabysyn (fruit) · win kšeesuksik (fruit) · ga fia-úll (fruit) · ga goirteog (fruit) · sv surkart (unpleasant person)