flowering crab

Noun flowering crab has 2 senses

• flowering crab(n = noun.plant) bechtel crab - derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms;
is a kind of iowa crab, iowa crab apple, malus ioensis, prairie crab, western crab apple

• flowering crab(n = noun.plant) malus angustifolia, southern crab apple - small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms;
is a kind of crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple