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Pyrus_malus
Pyrus malus
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Old European crab apple tree
Malus sylvestris
Malus sylvestris
Translingual
Proper noun
- (obsolete) A former taxonomic grouping applied to the apples, pears and related plants of the subfamily Maloideae.
- (rare) Malus sylvestris, the European crab apple.