crab tree

noun

1. a tree bearing crab apples.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crab tree¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

Among our native trees there is none more beautiful than the Crab tree, both in flower and in fruit.

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If you find a crab-apple on a tree, you may be sure that the tree is a crab-tree.

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The wind came now and then, and shook down a shower of white and pink petals from a crab-tree in the hedge.

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By the advice of his wife, Diffidence, the giant beat them soundly "with a crab-tree cudgel."

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The Crab Tree, our indigenous apple-tree, is also seen in a great many places.

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