crabapple

Thân thiện

The children picked crabapples from the small tree in the yard.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small, sour apple: A type of apple that is typically smaller and more tart than common eating apples, often used for making jellies, preserves, or cider.
   • The tree bearing this fruit: Any of various wild or cultivated trees of the genus Malus that produce small, acidic fruit, often grown for their decorative blossoms as well as their fruit.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Fruit):
  • She used crabapples from the backyard tree to make a delicious, tangy jelly.
  • The crabapple was too sour to eat raw but perfect for baking.
• Noun (Tree):
  • The flowering crabapple in the park is covered in beautiful pink blossoms every spring.
  • We planted a crabapple for its ornamental value and its hardy fruit.

Advanced Usage

• "Sour as a crabapple": An informal simile used to describe a person who is irritable or ill-tempered.
  • After waiting for an hour, he was as sour as a crabapple.

Variants and Related Words

• Crab apple: An alternative spelling and common variant for "crabapple."
• Malus: The botanical genus name for apple and crabapple trees.
• Ornamental crabapple: A term specifying trees cultivated primarily for their decorative flowers rather than their fruit.

Synonyms

• Wild apple: Often used interchangeably, especially for non-cultivated varieties.
• Sour apple: A descriptive synonym emphasizing the fruit's taste.

Related Phrases

• Crabapple jelly: A common preserve made from the fruit.
• Crabapple blossom: Refers to the flower of the crabapple tree, celebrated for its beauty.

Học thuật

Noun

1. small sour apple; suitable for preserving
   • crabapples make a tangy jelly
2. any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
3. any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms

Từ đồng nghĩa

• crab apple
• wild apple
• cultivated crab apple