aspen

[ as-puhn ]
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noun
  1. any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides(quaking aspen ) or P. alba(white aspen ), of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the aspen.

  2. trembling or quivering, like the leaves of the aspen.

Origin of aspen

1
1350–1400; Middle English aspen (adj.), Old English æspen; cognate with Old Frisian espen (adj.), espenbeam,Middle Dutch espenboom,Old High German espîn (adj.). See asp2, -en2

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Aspen
[ as-puhn ]

noun
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British Dictionary definitions for aspen

aspen

/ (ˈæspən) /


noun
  1. any of several trees of the salicaceous genus Populus, such as P. tremula of Europe, in which the leaves are attached to the stem by long flattened stalks so that they quiver in the wind: Archaic name: asp

adjective
  1. archaic, mainly literary trembling

Origin of aspen

1
Old English æspe; see asp ²

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