(a) a wild apple, crab-apple; (b) the fruit of Feronia elephantum, an East Indian gum-yielding tree allied to the orange, or the tree itself; also…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > crab-apple (10) wood-applec1000 (a) a wild apple, crab-apple; (b) the fruit of Feronia elephantum, an East Indian gum-yielding tree allied to the orange, or the tree itself; also… wood crab14.. = wood-apple n. (a). crabc1450 The common name of the wild apple, especially connoting its sour, harsh, tart, astringent quality; applied also to cultivated varieties having… scrab1467 The crab or wild apple = crab, n.2 Also attributive, as scrab-apple, scrab-tree. wilding1526 A wild apple or apple-tree; a crab-apple or crab-tree. choke-apple1600 the Crab-apple. crab-apple1712 = crab, n.2 1 2. cherry-apple1858 the Siberian Crab-apple (Pyrus baccata). Siberian crab1858 With qualification applied to some cultivated varieties of the apple (tree and fruit), as Minshull crab; and to other species of the genus, as cherry… souring1866 A sourish variety of apple; dialect a crab-apple. |
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