| Noun | 1. | cultivated crab apple - any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acid (usually bright red) fruit used for preserving or as ornamentals for their blossomscrab apple, crabapple - small sour apple; suitable for preserving; "crabapples make a tangy jelly" apple tree - any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits | |