- apple tree - any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
--1 is a kind of fruit tree
--1 is a member of Malus, genus Malus
--1 has substance: applewood
--1 has particulars:apple, orchard apple tree, Malus pumila; wild apple, crab apple, crabapple; crab apple, crabapple, cultivated crab apple