cultivated crab apple
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| Noun | 1. |  cultivated crab apple - any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossomscrab apple, crabapple - small sour apple; suitable for preserving; "crabapples make a tangy jelly" apple tree - any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits cherry apple, cherry crab, Malus baccata, Siberian crab, Siberian crab apple - Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving Malus angustifolia, Southern crab apple, flowering crab - small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms |
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