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Burns, Duncan Gray. abele (a-bēl'), n. [Formerly abeele , abeal , etc., abeel , in comp. abeel - boom , abel , earlier aubel , albellus , applied to the white poplar, prop. dim. of L. alb us , white.] The white poplar, Populus alba : so called from the white color of its twigs and leaves. See poplar . Also called abel - tree , and sometimes abbey . Six abeles i' the kirkyard grow, on the north side in a row. Mrs. Browning , Duche May. Abelmoschus (a-bel-mos'kus), n. [ML., abu'l - mosk , -misk , father (source) of musk: abu , father; al , the; mosk , misk , musk: see abbal and musk.] A generic name formerly applied to some species of plants now referred to Hibis cus, including A. moschatus or H. Abelmoschus , the abelmosk or musk mallow of India and Egypt, producing the muskseed used in perfumes, and A. or H. esculent us , the okra. See Hibiscus . abelmosk (a'bel-mosk), n. [ Abelmos chus.] A plant of the former genus Abelmos chus. Also spelled abelmusk . abel-tree (a'bel-tre), n. Same as abele . abelwhacketst, n. See ablewhackets . a bene placito (a ba'ne pläche-to). [It.: a, at; bene ( bene ), well; placito ( placi tum), pleasure: see please and plea .] In music, at pleasure; in the way the performer likes best. Abeona (ab-e-ō'nä), n. [LL. Abeona , the godde of departing, abire , go away, abeo , I go away, Cab , away, + ire , go, eo , I go.] 1. In Rom. myth., the godde who presided over departure, as of travelers.-2. [NL. (Chas. Girard, 1854).] In ichth ., a genus of viviparous embiotocoid fishes of the family Holconotidæ , represented by such surf-fishes as A. trow bridgi , of the Californian coast.- 3. In entom ., a genus of hemipterous insects. Stål , 1876. aber (ab'er), n . [Gael. abar = W. aber , a confluence of waters, the mouth of a river. Cf. Gael. inbhir , with same senses, = W. ynfer , influx: see inver- :] A Celtic word used as a prefix to many place-names in Great Britain, and signifying a confluence of waters, either of two rivers or of a river with the sea: as, Aber deen, Aberdour , Abergavenny , Aberystwith . aberdavine, n. See aberdevine . Latham. aberdeen (ab'er-dēn), n. [Etym. uncertain. Cf. aberdevine .] In ornith ., a name of the knot (which see), Tringa canutus . aberdevine (aber-de-vin'), n. [Etym. unknown: see below.) The siskin, Chrysomitris spin us, a well-known European bird of the finch family ( Fringillid a ), nearly related to the goldfinch, and somewhat resembling the green variety of the canary-bird. See siskin . Also spelled aberdarine , abadevine . [Local, Eng.]