ABEL-MIZRAIM, called also the Threshing-floor of Atad; signifying the lamentation of the Egyptians; in allusion to the mourning for Jacob, Gen.
Gen. i. 3, 10, 11. Supposed to be near Hebron. (Wells.) ABELMOSCH, or ABELMUSCH, in botany, the trivial name of a species of the hibiscus. See HIBISCUS.