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Meanings of malus sylvestris in English

Wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples.

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        Examples for "wild crab"
        Examples for "wild crab"
        1
        These scions he obtained by planting the pumice of wild crab apples from which cider had been made.
        George Washington: Farmer / Being an Account of His Home Life an...
        2
        The only fruit we had for winter use was dried apples, wild plums, wild crab apples and cranberries.
        Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
        3
        The common wild crab varies considerably in England; but many of the varieties are believed to be escaped seedlings.
        The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
        4
        States called the wild crab apple; the leaf is also precisely the same as is also the bark in texture and colour.
        The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
        5
        The fruit is exceedingly ascid and resembles the flavor of the wild Crab.
        The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806