Meanings
plural crabapples · alternative crab-apple · alternative crab apple
- Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
Synonyms: crab, crab tree, crabapple tree
- The fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: crab
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
nounThe fruit of this tree.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms
nounany of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From crab (“wild apple”) + apple.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque sagarmin
- sagarmintree
Bulgarian дива ябълка, киселица
- дива ябълка (diva jabălka)tree
- киселица (kiselica)fruit
Catalan pomera salvatge
- pomera salvatgetree
Chinese Mandarin 乖戾的人, 野蘋果 /野苹果
- 乖戾的人 (guāilì de rén)unpleasant person
- 野蘋果 /野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ)tree
- 海棠 (hǎitáng)tree
- 野蘋果 /野苹果 (yěpíngguǒ)fruit
Danish vildæble, skovæble
- vildæblefruit
- skovæblefruit
Esperanto sovaĝa pomo
- sovaĝa pomofruit
Finnish hapannaama, villiomenapuu
- hapannaamaunpleasant person
- villiomenapuutree
- villiomenafruit
German Holzapfel, Holzapfel
- Holzapfeltree
- Holzapfelfruit
Irish crann fia-úll, fia-úll
- crann fia-úlltree
- fia-úllfruit
- úll fiáinfruit
- goirteogfruit
Latvian mežābele
- mežābeletree
Polish nieprzyjemna osoba, dzika jabłoń
- nieprzyjemna osobaunpleasant person
- dzika jabłońtree
- dzikie jabłkofruit
Portuguese macieira silvestre, maçã silvestre
- macieira silvestretree
- maçã silvestrefruit
Russian отморо́зок, ди́кая я́блоня
- отморо́зок (otmorózok)unpleasant person
- ди́кая я́блоня (díkaja jáblonja)tree
- ди́кое я́блоко (díkoje jábloko)fruit
Scottish Gaelic fiadh-ubhal, fiadh-ubhal
- fiadh-ubhaltree
- fiadh-ubhalfruit
Spanish manzano silvestre, manzana silvestre
- manzano silvestretree
- manzana silvestrefruit
- sagarmínfruit
Swedish surkart, vildapel
- surkartunpleasant person
- vildapeltree
Tagalog alimangong mansanas
- alimangong mansanasfruit
Welsh coeden afal bach sur, afal bach sur
- coeden afal bach surtree
- afal bach surfruit
- crabysynfruit
- grobosynfruit
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Cite this entry
crabapple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabapple
“crabapple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabapple. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crabapple,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabapple.
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