crab apple
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- apple tree hypernym
- Siberian crab hyponym
- Southern crab apple hyponym
Parts & wholes
- crab apple part meronym
Sense 2 noun
any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
Types & categories
- apple tree hypernym
- wild crab hyponym
- American crab apple hyponym
- Oregon crab apple hyponym
- Iowa crab hyponym
Sense 3 noun
small sour apple; suitable for preserving
crabapples make a tangy jelly
Types & categories
- apple hypernym
Parts & wholes
- crab apple part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crab apple |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | apple tree |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Siberian crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Southern crab apple |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | apple tree |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wild crab |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | American crab apple |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Oregon crab apple |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Iowa crab |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | crab apple |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | apple |