Definition of malus Malus

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What does malus mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

malus - apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere
  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
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  • malus (Noun)
    The return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.

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  • malus, noun, singular of mali.

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