Definition of Abele

1. Noun. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces.


Definition of Abele

1. n. The white poplar (Populus alba).

Definition of Abele

1. Noun. The white poplar (''Populus alba''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abele

1. a Eurasian tree [n -S]

Medical Definition of Abele

1. The white polar (Populus alba). "Six abeles i' the churchyard grow." (Mrs. Browning) Origin: D. Abeel (abeel-boom), OF. Abel, aubel, fr. A dim. Of L. Albus white. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abele

abecedarians
abecedaries
abecedarium
abecedarius
abecedariuses
abecedary
abecediaries
abecediary
abecedism
abecedisms
abed
abediterol
abegge
abegging
abeigh
abele (current term)
abeles
abelia
abelian
abelian group
abelian groups
abelianisation
abelianization
abelianized
abelianness
abelias
abelisaur
abelisaurid
abelisaurids
abelisaurs

Literary usage of Abele

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"A game of cards played by sailors; the loser is beaten with a knotted handkerchief, of which he receives a blow, or whack, for each lost game. abele, s. ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"... situations the creeping-rooted kinds are to be preferred, as living on the surface. 1 1. /'. A'I.BA L. The white Poplar, or abele Tree. ..."

3. Miscellanies by Charles Kingsley (1860)
"A park full of merry haymakers; gay red and blue waggons, stalwart horses, switching off the flies; dark avenues of tall elms; groups of abele, ..."

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