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noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
originFrom 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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