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Certain straight-grained wood
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abele
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abele \A*bele"\, n. [D. abeel (abeel-boom), OF. abel, aubel, fr. a dim. of L. albus white.] The white poplar ( Populus alba ). Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. --Mrs. Browning.
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n. a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces [syn: white poplar , white aspen , aspen poplar , silver-leaved poplar , Populus alba ]
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Furthermore, after the shootings, the National Guard action was supported by many people who made comments such as these: "it's about time we showed the bastards who's in charge" and "they should have shot 100 of them" (Scherer, Abeles, & Fischer, 1975).