crabapple

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms
noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
noun small sour apple; suitable for preserving

From crab (“wild apple”) + apple.

But towards daylight we got it all settled satisfactory, and concluded to drop crabapples and p’simmons. — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

crab apple, cultivated crab apple

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