crab apple
noun
: any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus) that are cultivars or relatives of the cultivated apple and that produce small sour fruit
also
: the fruit
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The low-maintenance turf is punctuated with spikey and flowering plantings that add dimension and character, French drains redirect water away from the foundation, and for all the green thumbs, a side yard holds citrus, fig, and crab apple trees.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
As a result, what was originally a course built on farmland was crowded with crab apples, flowering cherries, blue spruces and loads and loads of pin oaks.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Fruit Trees This category includes crab apples and mulberry trees as well as orchard trees.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Soon, the crab apple trees in my front and back yards will blossom into stunning pink clouds.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
As a result, what was originally a course built on farmland was crowded with crab apples, flowering cherries, blue spruces and loads and loads of pin oaks.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Fruit Trees This category includes crab apples and mulberry trees as well as orchard trees.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Soon, the crab apple trees in my front and back yards will blossom into stunning pink clouds.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crab apple
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“Crab apple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crab%20apple. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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