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Crab Apple

Definition: Crab Apple

Crab Apple

Noun

1. Any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acid (usually bright red) fruit used for preserving or as ornamentals for their blossoms.

2. Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acid fruit.

3. Small sour apple; suitable for preserving; "crabapples make a tangy jelly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Crab Apple

Synonyms: crabapple (n), cultivated crab apple (n), wild apple (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Crab Apple

English words defined with "crab apple": cherry apple, cherry crabIowa crabMalus baccata, Malus ioensis, Malus sylvestrisprairie crabSiberian crab, Siberian crab apple, Soft-shelled crabsUowa crab applewestern crab apple, wild crab. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Crab Apple

DomainTitle

Books

  • Crab Apple (Ten Word Books) (reference)

  • Crab Apple Night (reference)

  • Ten Word Books: Flowers, Sunshine, Funny Bunny, Fire Drill, My Dolly, Crab Apple, Little Dinosaur, Who's New at the Zoo?, Milk, Night Monsters (reference)

  • The Crab Apple Bathroom/Stencils (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Crab Apple

Expressions using "crab apple": american crab apple cultivated crab apple Oregon crab apple siberian crab apple southern crab apple Uowa crab apple western crab apple. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Crab Apple

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

crab apple tree

66

crab apple

53

flowering crab apple

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Crab Apple

Language Translations for "crab apple"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

plané jablko, planá jabloò. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wilde appel. (various references)

   

French

  

pomme sauvage. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξινόμηλο. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ooyl feie, gartag. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abcray appleay

   

Russian 

  

дикий яблоко. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

manzana silvestre. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yaban elması. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Crab Apple

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Cancer, Cancridae, Chaceon maritae, Geryon quinquedens, malus baccata linnaeus,moench, malus domestica,borkhausen, malus pumila p.miller, malus sylvestris,miller, Scylla serrata. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Crab Apple

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-p-p-r"

-1 letter: capabler, palpebra.

-2 letters: apparel, capable, carpale, clapper, parable.

-3 letters: appeal, appear, arable, capper, carpal, carpel, earlap, lapper, palace, parcel, placer, rappel.

-4 letters: abler, acerb, apace, appal, appel, apple, areal, areca, baler, becap, blare, blear, brace, cabal, caber, cable, caper, carle, clear, craal, crape, labra, lacer, pacer, palea, paler, papal, paper, parae, parle, pearl, pepla.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-p-p-r"
 

+1 letter: recappable.

 

+2 letters: appreciable, appreciably, backslapper.

 

+3 letters: approachable, backslappers.

 

+4 letters: inappreciable, inappreciably.

 

+5 letters: inapproachable, unapproachable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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