crab apple

• Petite pomme sauvage et acide, ou l'arbre qui la porte ; également utilisé au sens figuré pour désigner une personne revêche ou acariâtre.

A small, sour wild apple, or the tree that produces it; also used figuratively to describe a sour-tempered or ill-natured person.

1. B1formal

   A small, wild apple tree (genus Malus) that produces small, sour fruits.

   Pommier sauvage

   • The crab apple tree in the garden is full of blossoms.
   • Crab apples are often used to make jelly.
   • Birds love to eat the fruit of the crab apple.

2. Sour fruitB1formal

   The small, tart fruit of the crab apple tree, often used in cooking or preserves.

   Pomme sauvage

   • She made a delicious crab apple jelly.
   • The crab apples are too sour to eat raw.
   • He collected a basket of crab apples for the recipe.