crab : Idioms & Phrases

• noun meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
  Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  
• noun large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
  Alaska king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  

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• noun meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
  Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  
• noun large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
  Alaska king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  

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• noun meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
  Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  
• noun large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
  Alaska king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  

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• noun medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
  Malus coronaria; American crab apple.
  

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• noun brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  Ovalipes ocellatus; American lady crab; calico crab.
  

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• noun horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia
  

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• noun derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
  Bechtel crab.
  

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• noun Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
  
• noun bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
  Callinectes sapidus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).

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• (Zoöl.), a crab of the genus Calappa, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box.

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• noun brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  Ovalipes ocellatus; American lady crab; calico crab.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Fiddler., n., 2.

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• noun the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
  Crab; Cancer.
  

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• noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
  Malus baccata; cherry apple; cherry crab; Siberian crab.
  

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• noun 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
  crab apple; crabapple.
  
• noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
  wild apple; crabapple.
  
• noun small sour apple; suitable for preserving
  crabapple.
  
  • crabapples make a tangy jelly

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• a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple (Pyrus Malus var.sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple (Pyrus baccata); and the American (Pyrus coronaria).

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• noun South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
  Zygocactus truncatus; Thanksgiving cactus; Schlumbergera truncatus.
  

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• noun a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce
  

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• noun grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
  finger grass; crabgrass.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A grass (Digitaria, ∨ Panicum, sanguinalis); called also finger grass. (b) A grass of the genus Eleusine (E. Indica); called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc.

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• noun legs of especially Alaska king crabs
  

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• noun lettuce and crabmeat dressed with sauce Louis
  

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• noun a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
  Phthirius pubis; crab; pubic louse.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of louse (Phthirius pubis), sometimes infesting the human body.

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• noun a remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD
  

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• (Zoöl.), an Asiatic plover (Dromas ardeola).

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• (Zoöl.), one of a group of spiders (Laterigradæ); called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab.

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• the tree that bears crab applies.

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• a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. McElrath.

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• masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths.

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• noun wild dog of northern South America
  crab-eating dog; Dusicyon cancrivorus.
  

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• noun wild dog of northern South America
  crab-eating dog; Dusicyon cancrivorus.
  

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• noun monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines
  croo monkey; Macaca irus.
  

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• noun South American opossum
  

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• noun a South American raccoon
  Procyon cancrivorus.
  

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• noun silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans
  crabeater seal.
  

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Crab"-yaws` noun

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1. (Med.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. Dunglison.

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• noun 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
  crab apple; crabapple.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Cenobita Diogenes), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops.

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• noun flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)
  
• noun small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
  Cancer magister.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab.

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• noun crab of the English coasts
  Portunus puber.
  

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• noun a large spider crab of Europe
  European spider crab; Maja squinado.
  

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• noun burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Fiddler, n., 2.

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• (Zoöl.), the fiddler crab.

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• noun derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
  Bechtel crab.
  
• noun small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
  flowering crab; Malus angustifolia.
  

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• noun medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
  Malus coronaria; American crab apple.
  

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• noun very large deep-water Japanese crab
  Macrocheira kaempferi.
  

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Glass"-crab` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.

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• (Zoöl.), an edible, shore crab (Carcinus menas) of Europe and America; in New England locally named joe-rocker.

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• noun edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell
  

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• noun small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
  

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• (Zoöl.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family Paguridæ. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal.

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• (Zoöl.), the Limulus; called also horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.

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• noun large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
  Limulus polyphemus; Xiphosurus polyphemus; horseshoe crab.
  

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• noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
  Iowa crab; prairie crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis.
  

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• noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
  Iowa crab; prairie crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis.
  

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• noun crabmeat usually canned; from Japan
  

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• noun large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
  Cancer borealis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

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• (Zoöl.), a California spider crab (Epialtus productus), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color.

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• noun meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
  Alaska king crab; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  
• noun a large spider crab of Europe
  European spider crab; Maja squinado.
  
• noun large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
  Alaska king crab; Paralithodes camtschatica; Alaskan king crab; Alaska crab.
  
• noun large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
  Limulus polyphemus; Xiphosurus polyphemus; horseshoe crab.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab . See Limulus. (b) The large European spider crab or thornback (Maia sguinado).

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• noun brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
  Ovalipes ocellatus; American lady crab; calico crab.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab (Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of various species of crabs which live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a large size.

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• noun tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
  mantis shrimp.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus.

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• (Zoöl.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe.

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• noun small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit
  Malus fusca.
  

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• noun tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
  Pinnotheres ostreum.
  

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• (Zoöl.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum) which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster.

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• (Zoöl.), the purse crab.

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• noun tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
  

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• (Zoöl.), any small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species (P. pisum) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle.

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• (Zoöl.), any crab of the genus Porcellana and allied genera (family Porcellanidæ). They have a smooth, polished carapace.

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• (Zoöl.), a large spiny Japanese crab (Acantholithodes hystrix).

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• noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
  Iowa crab; prairie crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any land crab of the genus Birgus, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also palm crab.

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• (Zoöl.), an ocypodian.

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• (Zoöl.), any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa, as T. depressa of Southern Europe.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A purse crab . (b) Any hermit crab.

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• noun crab of eastern coast of North America
  Cancer irroratus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus Cancer, as the two species of the New England coast (C. irroratus and C. borealis). See Illust. under Cancer.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The lady crab . (b) A land crab, or ocypodian.

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• (Zoöl.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab.

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• (Zoöl.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of California.

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• noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
  Malus baccata; cherry apple; cherry crab; Siberian crab.
  

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• (Bot.), the Siberian crab apple. See Crab apple, under Crab.

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• noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
  Malus baccata; cherry apple; cherry crab; Siberian crab.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any crab which has recently shed its shell.

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• noun freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible
  soft-shell crab.
  
• noun edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell
  soft-shell crab.
  

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• noun freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible
  soft-shell crab.
  
• noun edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell
  soft-shell crab.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See the Note under Crab, 1.

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• (Zoöl.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab.

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• noun small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
  flowering crab; Malus angustifolia.
  

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• noun any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of maioid crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long legs. Some of the species grow to great size, as the great Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira Kempferi), measuring sometimes more than fifteen feet across the legs when they are extended.

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• noun pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare
  
• noun large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
  Menippe mercenaria.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia) .

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• (Zoöl.), a small European spider crab (Eurynome aspera); so called because the back is covered with pink tubercles.

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• noun marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family Protunidæ, which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.

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• (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower : (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water ; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke.

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• (Zoöl.), the purse crab. See under Purse.

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• (Zoöl.), any maioid crab; so called because the carapace is usually triangular.

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• a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler.

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• noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
  Iowa crab; prairie crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis.
  

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• noun wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples
  Malus sylvestris.
  

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