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Definition of Malus pumila
1. Noun. Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits.
Terms within: Apple
Group relationships: Genus Malus, Malus
Generic synonyms: Apple Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malus Pumila
Literary usage of Malus pumila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... globose to ovoid, with cavity at base, green, yellow, or red. Probably Siberia.
BM 6158. Var. Rinki, Bailey (malus pumila var. Rinki, Koidz. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"FC malus pumila P.Mill. Apple Deciduous tree Cultivated and often persisting at
abandoned farm or garden sites, hedgerows and roadsides. ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1862)
"For apples, then, nature gives us two kinds of stocks, namely, the wild apple
tree, (Malus sylvestris,) and the wild apple shrub, (malus pumila. ..."
4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"Of exotic species, malus pumila Mill, of southeastern Europe and central Asia,
the Apple-tree of orchards, has become widely naturalized in northeastern ..."
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