Etymology

crab tree

Today it means: A tree that bears wild apples. Full definition →

Middle English crabbetre
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromcrabbetre
  2. English todaycrab tree

From Middle English crabbetre, crabtre; see crab (“wild apple”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.