crab-applen.
1. = crab n.2 1, 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > crab-apple
crabc1450
wilding1526
crab-apple1712
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > crab-apple
wood-applec1000
wood crab14..
crabc1450
scrab1467
wilding1526
choke-apple1600
crab-apple1712
cherry-apple1858
Siberian crab1858
souring1866
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > apple tree > wild or crab-apple
crab-treec1425
crab1626
crab-stock1640
crab-apple1771
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iii. ii. 9 John had his golden Pippens, Peaches and Nectarnes; poor Miss a Crab-Apple, Sloe or a Blackberry.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 188 I have often met with a crab-apple in a hedge.
1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings v. 100 The Crab-apple and the sloe, the savage parents of our pippins and plums.
2. Also with qualifications, like crab n.2 3, as in American crab-apple n. ( Pyrus coronaria), Oregon crab-apple ( P. rivularis).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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