SIBERIAN CRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Siberian crab mean? 

• SIBERIAN CRAB (noun)
  The noun SIBERIAN CRAB has 1 sense:

1. Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving

  Familiarity information: SIBERIAN CRAB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIBERIAN CRAB (noun)

Meaning:

Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cherry apple; cherry crab; Malus baccata; Siberian crab; Siberian crab apple

Hypernyms ("Siberian crab" is a kind of...):

crab apple; crabapple; cultivated crab apple (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)

Holonyms ("Siberian crab" is a member of...):

genus Malus; Malus (apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere)