abeltree

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Dutch abeelboom (“white poplar tree”), from abeel (“white poplar”) + boom (“tree”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

abeltree (uncountable)

  1. A Eurasian tree, Populus alba, that is widely cultivated in North America.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3

Anagrams[edit]

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