Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various trees of the genus Populus having leaves that flutter readily in the wind because of their flattened leafstalks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the tree named asp.
- Tremulous, like an aspen-leaf; quivering.
- noun Same as
asp .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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. - adjective Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
poplar tree (genusPopulus ; section Populus). - noun uncountable The
wood of such a tree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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July 5th, 2006 at 7: 06 pm james risser says: hmmm, james woolsey, former cia, is in aspen colorado today … .. i am sure it has no connection.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Former Enron CEO Ken Lay is dead. 2006
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July 7th, 2006 at 11: 45 am james risser says: hmmm, the most dangerous thing in aspen used to be getting onto the ski-lift …
Think Progress » Labor Department reports weak job growth. 2006
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i was … ehh … in aspen, yeah, thats where i was. sincerely, karl
Think Progress » Mexican presidential candidate claims vote was rigged. 2006
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July 12th, 2006 at 8: 03 pm james risser says: here is another think fast for youoops …. the guy wasn’t even in aspen! oh well, i am sure it is just a coincidence … no bush black shirts involved … nothing to see here.
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The small American aspen, which is quite common, has a smooth, pale-green bark, which gets whitish and rough as the tree grows old.
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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Apps is sometimes for asp, the tree now called by the adjectival name aspen (cf. linden).
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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Woodmen always call the aspen the 'asp,' dropping the termination.
Round About a Great Estate Richard Jefferies 1867
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The tradition to which I have been always accustomed is, that the aspen was the tree of which the cross was formed, and that its tremulous and quivering motion proceeded from its consciousness of the awful use to which it had once been put.
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Pleased with the dancing of the leaves, which fluttered above her head, and fanned her warm cheek with their incessant motion, she thought, like her cousin Louise, that the aspen was the merriest tree in the forest, for it was always dancing, dancing, dancing.
Lost in the Backwoods Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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Although the aspen is the most widely distributed tree species in North America, the die-off struck mostly in the Southwest, where the drought beginning in 2002 was most severe.
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sarra commented on the word aspen
beautiful WordNet definition
July 1, 2009
yarb commented on the word aspen
Thanks sarra.
July 1, 2009