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pən 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Archaic name: asp 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 |
| —adj | |
| 2. | archaic, literary chiefly trembling |
| [Old English æspe; see | |
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Word Origin & History
aspen
late 14c., from adj. or gen. form of O.E. æspe "aspen tree, white poplar," from P.Gmc. *aspo (cf. O.N. ösp, M.Du. espe, O.H.G. aspa, Ger. Espe), from PIE *apsa "aspen" (cf. Lith. opuse). The current form in Eng. probably arose from phrases such as aspen leaf, aspen bark.
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With its fiery fall foliage, quaking aspen has thrilled generations of leaf watchers.
Quaking aspen rim the moist meadows and grow on the cool slopes.
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