We found 1 definitions of genus malus from 1 different sources.
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genus malus - apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere | ||
Malus, genus Malus | ||
rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens | ||
apple tree any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits | ||
malus pumila, orchard apple tree, apple fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | ||
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 |