עָבוֹת, עָבֹת; עָבַת to twist, plait) network, matting; עץ ע׳ a tree screened by a network of foliage. Sifra Emor, Par. 12, ch. XVI (expl. Lev. XXIII, 40) את שענף עצו דומה לקליעה the tree the ramification around whose trunk resembles plaiting; Y. Succ. III, 53ᶜ bot. עץ שענפיו חופין … קליעה a tree the branches of which cover its larger portion and which rises in the shape of a plaiting; Bab. Succ. 32ᵇ שענפיו חופין את עצו whose branches cover up its trunk. Ib. היכי דמי ע׳ וכ׳ what is ‘aboth like (when is a tree called ‘aboth)? When three leaves are on each stem. Ib. ובלבד שתהא עֲבוֹתוֹ קיימת provided its network (three leaves on each stem) remains; a. e.