Lexic.us

Definition of Iowa crab

1. Noun. Wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iowa Crab

Literary usage of Iowa crab

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

1. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"The Iowa crab, with its large fragrant flowers, forms a very pretty small ornamental tree. The fruit is made into preserves and cider. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... l'-ii' long; calyx-lobes persistent on the pome. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois to Kentucky, Louisiana. Nebraska and Oklahoma. Iowa crab. April-May. ..."

3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(A/, locusts) Iowa crab The genus Malus is native to the whole of eastern Asia. We have four native species. Our cultivated crab apples and the hundreds of ..."

4. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"The Iowa crab, with its large fragrant flowers, forms a very pretty small ornamental tree. The fruit is made into preserves and cider. ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... l'-ii' long; calyx-lobes persistent on the pome. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois to Kentucky, Louisiana. Nebraska and Oklahoma. Iowa crab. April-May. ..."

6. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(A/, locusts) Iowa crab The genus Malus is native to the whole of eastern Asia. We have four native species. Our cultivated crab apples and the hundreds of ..."

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