[uh-beel, ey-buh
l] 
| the white poplar tree, Populus alba. |
| 1. | Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down. |
| 2. | the soft, straight-grained wood of this tree. |
| a·bele (ə-bēl') n. See white poplar. [Dutch abeel, from Old French aubel, from Medieval Latin albellus, diminutive of Latin albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.] |
| white poplar n. A deciduous Eurasian tree (Populus alba) having palmately lobed leaves with whitish undersides. Also called abele. |