genus malus

1. 1.

   apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere

   SynonymsMalus

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofRosaceae

Questions about genus malus

What does genus malus mean?

genus malus means "apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere".

What is another word for genus malus?

Close synonyms include Malus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus malus a common word?

genus malus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.