Definition of Malus coronaria

1. Noun. Medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit.

Exact synonyms: American Crab Apple, Garland Crab
Group relationships: Genus Malus, Malus
Generic synonyms: Crab Apple, Crabapple, Wild Apple

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malus Coronaria

Maltese monetary unit
Maltesian
Maltesian cross
Maltesian crosses
Malthus
Malthusian
Malthusian theory
Malthusianism
Malthusianisms
Malto
Maluku
Malukus
Malus
Malus angustifolia
Malus baccata
Malus coronaria (current term)
Malus fusca
Malus ioensis
Malus pumila
Malus sylvestris
Malva
Malva moschata
Malva neglecta
Malva sylvestris
Malvales
Malvastrum
Malvastrum coccineum
Malvaviscus
Malvina Hoffman
Malvinas

Literary usage of Malus coronaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"A small tree, resembling Malus coronaria. Leaves simple, firm, white-pubescent beneath, at length glabrous above, obtuse at the apex, mostly narrowed at the ..."

2. Tree Guide: Trees East of the Rockies by Julia Ellen Rogers (1914)
"... FRAGRANT CRAB (Malus coronaria, Mill.). Shrub to 30 feet. Bushy, low tree with rigid branches and thorny, angular twigs. Bark brown, scaly. ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"In thickets, NJ to Kans., Fla. and Ga. —Pennsylvania : CRAWFORD ; ALLEGHENY ; SOMERSET ; WESTMORELAND. 2. Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. AMERICAN CRAB-APPLE. ..."

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