Definition of Malus pumila

1. Noun. Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits.

Exact synonyms: Apple, Orchard Apple Tree
Terms within: Apple
Group relationships: Genus Malus, Malus
Generic synonyms: Apple Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malus Pumila

Maltesian crosses
Malthus
Malthusian
Malthusian theory
Malthusianism
Malthusianisms
Malto
Maluku
Malukus
Malus
Malus angustifolia
Malus baccata
Malus coronaria
Malus fusca
Malus ioensis
Malus pumila
Malus sylvestris
Malva
Malva moschata
Malva neglecta
Malva sylvestris
Malvales
Malvastrum
Malvastrum coccineum
Malvaviscus
Malvina Hoffman
Malvinas
Malvinian
Maléku Jaíka

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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