Aspen Definition

ăspən
aspens
noun
Any of various trees of the genus Populus having leaves that flutter readily in the wind because of their flattened leafstalks.
American Heritage
Any of several kinds of poplar tree (genus Populus) with flattened leafstalks that cause the leaves to flutter in the least breeze.
Webster's New World

A kind of poplar tree (genus Populus; section Populus).

Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.
Wiktionary

(uncountable) The wood of such a tree.

She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which make a wicker basket.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of or like an aspen.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A ski-resort town in Colorado.

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A small community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
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A female given name of modern usage, denominated for the aspen tree.

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Other Word Forms of Aspen

Noun

Singular:
aspen
Plural:
aspens

Origin of Aspen

  • Middle English aspen 'made of aspen wood', from asp 'aspen', from Old English æspe, from Proto-Germanic *aspōn (compare Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish asp), from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (compare Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs 'fir', Latvian apse, Polish osa, Armenian op'i 'poplar').

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English aspe from Old English æspe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Aspen Sentence Examples

  • The aspen is found in moist places, sometimes at a considerable elevation, 1600 ft.

  • Sometimes it is compressed laterally, as in the aspen, and to this peculiarity the trembling of the leaves of this tree is due.

  • If he fell into my hands, when I'd caught him I'd bury him in the ground with an aspen stake to fix him down.

  • Most of the forest consists of yellow pine, but the spruce, aspen, white birch, bur oak, box elder, red cedar, white elm and cottonwood are among the other varieties found.

  • P. trepida, or tremuloides, is closely allied to the European aspen, being chiefly distinguished by its more pointed leaves; it is a native of most parts of Canada and the United States, extending northwards as far as Great Slave Lake.

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