Chinese pear-leaved crabapple; crab apple
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Chinese pear-leaved crabapple (Malus asiatica); crab apple; small deciduous tree bearing tart yellow-green fruit resembling tiny apples
technicalA classical Chinese botanical term for the fruit now commonly called 花红 or 沙果. The term is preserved in modern Japanese (ringo) as the generic word for 'apple'.
Yuán园
zi子
lǐ里
zhòng种
le了
jǐ几
zhū株
lín林
qín檎
，
chūn春
tiān天
kāi开
bái白
huā花
，
qiū秋
tiān天
jiē结
huáng黄
guǒ果
。
Several crabapple trees were planted in the garden, blooming white flowers in spring and bearing yellow fruits in autumn.
Lín林
qín檎
de的
guǒ果
shí实
suān酸
tián甜
kě可
kǒu口
，
kě可
yǐ以
xiān鲜
shí食
，
yě也
kě可
jiā加
gōng工
chéng成
guǒ果
fǔ脯
。
The crabapple's fruit is sweet and sour, delicious for fresh eating, and can also be processed into preserved fruit.
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Gǔ古
rén人
suǒ所
shuō说
de的
lín林
qín檎
，
jí即
jīn今
rì日
zhī之
huā花
hóng红
，
yòu又
míng名
shā沙
guǒ果
。
What the ancients called línqín is today's huāhóng, also known as shāguǒ.