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Definition of Southern crab apple
1. Noun. Small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms.
Generic synonyms: Crab Apple, Crabapple, Cultivated Crab Apple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Southern Crab Apple
Literary usage of Southern crab apple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Michx., southeastern US, Southern Crab-apple or Crab tree; (d) M. coronaria (L.)
Mill., Ontario and northeastern US, American or Garland Crab-apple, ..."
2. The Woods of the United States by Charles Sprague Sargent, American Museum of Natural History (1885)
"southern crab apple. Pennsylvania(P), southern Delaware, and the valley of the
lower Wabash River, Illinois, south to western Florida. ..."
3. Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly by Ohio Secretary of State (1887)
"Southern Crab-apple, American Crab-apple. A tree 15 to 20 feet high, with a trunk
6, rarely 12, inches in diameter. ..."
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