quaking aspen

quaking aspen

noun
See under aspen (def. 1).

Origin:
1785–95

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as·pen

[as-puhn]
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
2.
of or pertaining to the aspen.
3.
trembling or quivering, like the leaves of the aspen.

Origin:
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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quaking aspen

noun
Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa 
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