Noun: flowering crab
- Derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
"The flowering crab was the centrepiece of the garden";
- Bechtel crab
- Small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-coloured blossoms
"Flowering crabs lined the driveway";
- Southern crab apple, Malus angustifolia
Derived forms: flowering crabs
Type of: crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple, Iowa crab, Iowa crab apple, Malus ioensis, prairie crab, western crab apple