Abele
//əˈbiːl// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The white poplar (Populus alba).
"But I account for my predilection, by the kind of pensive and melancholy peasure I used to feel, when in my childhood and early youth, I walked alone, in a long avenue of arbeal […]."
- 2 a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces wordnet
Example
More examples"But I account for my predilection, by the kind of pensive and melancholy peasure I used to feel, when in my childhood and early youth, I walked alone, in a long avenue of arbeal […]."
Etymology
From Middle English abelle, albell, aubel, from Old French aubel, aubiel, from Medieval Latin albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of Latin albus (“white”). Some forms after Middle Dutch abeel, from Old French.
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