flowering crab
1. derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms • Syn: Bechtel crab • Hypernyms: Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, prairie crab, western crab apple, Malus ioensis 2. small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms • Syn: Southern crab apple, Malus angustifolia • Hypernyms: crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple
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