عَبَلٌ

i. q. هَدَبٌ i. e. (S, O) Any leaves that are [as though they were] twisted, (S, O, K,) not expanded, (K,) [generally meaning slender sprigs, like strings, garnished with minute, amplexicaul, appressed, acute leaves, overlying one another like the scales of a fish,] such as those of the طَرْفَاء (S, O, K) and of the أَرْطَى and of the أَثْل and the like of these: (S, O:) and, (K,) as some say, (TA,) the fruit of the ارطى: (K, TA:) and, (K,) as some say, (TA,) the هَدَب thereof, when they have become thick, (K, TA,) in the hot season, and red, (TA,) and fit to be used for tanning therewith: or slender leaves: (K, TA:) or the like of leaves, but not [what are commonly called] leaves: (TA:) or such as are falling thereof; (K, TA;) i. e., of leaves: (TA:) and [in the CK “ or ”] such as are coming forth (K, TA) thereof: (TA:) thus having two contr. significations. (K, TA.)