WILD APPLE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild apple mean? 

• WILD APPLE (noun)
  The noun WILD APPLE has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acid fruit

  Familiarity information: WILD APPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILD APPLE (noun)

Meaning:

Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acid fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

wild apple; crab apple; crabapple

Hypernyms ("wild apple" is a kind of...):

apple tree (any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild apple"):

Malus sylvestris; wild crab (wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples)

American crab apple; garland crab; Malus coronaria (medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit)

Malus fusca; Oregon crab apple (small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit)

Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis; prairie crab; western crab apple (wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers)