genus malus

1. Apple trees;
   Found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere (synset 112654147)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • apple tree - any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
   • apple, malus pumila, orchard apple tree - native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
   • cherry apple, cherry crab, malus baccata, siberian crab, siberian crab apple - Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
   • malus sylvestris, wild crab - wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples
   • american crab apple, garland crab, malus coronaria - medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
   belongs to: family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
   same as: malus

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