wild apple

/waɪld ˌæpəl/

Other forms: wild apples

Definitions of wild apple

1. noun

   any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
   synonyms: crab apple, crabapple

   types:

   Malus sylvestris, wild crab

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

   American crab apple, Malus coronaria, garland crab

   medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit

   Malus fusca, Oregon crab apple

   small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit

   Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, Malus ioensis, prairie crab, western crab apple

   wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers

   Bechtel crab, flowering crab

   derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms

   type of:

   apple tree

   any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits