Definitions for: Aspen

[n] any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
[adj] made of wood of the aspen tree

Webster (1913) Definition: Asp"en ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp Asp ([.a]sp), n. [AS.
[ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp,
Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, ["a]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa,
Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.)
One of several species of poplar bearing this name,
especially the Populus tremula, so called from the
trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest
impulse of the air.

Asp"en ([a^]s"p[e^]n), a.
Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of
aspen wood.

Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. --Gay.

Synonyms: woody

See Also: American aspen, American quaking aspen, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, big-toothed aspen, Canadian aspen, European quaking aspen, large tooth aspen, large-toothed aspen, poplar, poplar tree, Populus grandidentata, Populus tremula, Populus tremuloides, quaking aspen

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