mālus, i, f., Gr. μηλέα, an appletree: malus bifera, Varr. R. R. 1, 7: et steriles platani malos gessere valentes, Verg. G. 2, 70: malus granata, the pomegranate, Isid. 17, 7, 6: felices arbores putantur esse quercus...malus, etc., Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.