ASPEN

aspen

(noun) any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Aspen

A ski-resort town, the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado.

A small community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

A female given name from English of modern usage, denominated for the aspen tree.

Anagrams

• NAPEs, Panes, Snape, Spean, napes, neaps, panes, peans, snape, sneap, spane, spean

Etymology 1

Adjective

aspen (comparative more aspen, superlative most aspen)

Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.

(obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.

(obsolete) Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.

Etymology 2

Noun

aspen (plural aspens)

The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

(uncountable) The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.

Hyponyms

• (poplar tree): Chinese aspen - Populus adenopoda, bigtooth aspen - Populus grandidentata, Japanese aspen - Populus sieboldii, Eurasian aspen - Populus tremula, quaking aspen - Populus tremuloides

Anagrams

• NAPEs, Panes, Snape, Spean, napes, neaps, panes, peans, snape, sneap, spane, spean

Source: Wiktionary

Asp"en, Asp, n. Etym: [AS. æsp, æps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ösp, Dan. æsp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, äspe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood. Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition