crab apple

noun

1. 酸苹果树；花红树；沙果树
   a tree that produces fruit like small hard sour apples, also called crab apples

1. 酸苹果树;花红树;沙果树
   A crab apple is a tree like an apple tree that produces small sour fruit.

1. Crab apple flowers stand besides Yulan flowers shyly, red plumb and green thin, cute after rain.
   悄立其后的是海棠花，红肥绿瘦，雨后清丽。
2. He sat in the shade of a crab apple tree, sipping lemonade.
   他坐在一棵海棠树下，喝着柠檬汁。
3. Wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers.
   美国西部野生酸苹果，花香，粉红色。
4. They bought some homemade crab apple jam.
   他们买了些家庭制作的沙果酱。
5. The new variety is a hybrid between a dessert apple and a small crab apple.
   这个新的变种是餐后苹果和野生酸苹果的杂交种。
6. Wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples.
   原产欧洲的野生酸苹果；培植品种的主要祖先。
7. There were much difference between cider and juice varieties, cider and fresh varieties as well as Chinese crab apple and western European crab apple, while juice and fresh varieties had similar genetic background.
   酿酒品种与鲜食及制汁品种之间、我国小苹果与西欧小苹果之间有较大的遗传差异，而制汁品种与鲜食品种的遗传背景较为接近。
8. Induction of haploid plants from anther culture of crab apple
   苹果花药培养获得单倍体植株的研究

noun

1. small sour apple
   1. crabapples make a tangy jelly

   Synonym:    crabapple

2. any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit

   Synonym:    wild applecrabapple

3. any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms

   Synonym:    crabapplecultivated crab apple