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Pyrus_malus

Pyrus malus

Old European crab apple tree
Malus sylvestris

Translingual

Proper noun

Pyrus malus f

  1. (obsolete) A former taxonomic grouping applied to the apples, pears and related plants of the subfamily Maloideae.
  2. (rare) Malus sylvestris, the European crab apple.

Etymology

From Latin pirus ‎(“pear tree”) + mālus ‎(“apple tree”).

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