Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flowering_crab

2 senses of flowering crab

Sense 1
Bechtel crab, flowering crab -- (derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms)
       => Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, prairie crab, western crab apple, Malus ioensis -- (wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers)

Sense 2
Southern crab apple, flowering crab, Malus angustifolia -- (small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms)
       => crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple -- (any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms)