ASPENS

Noun

aspens

plural of aspen

Anagrams

• passen, snapes, sneaps, spanes, speans

Source: Wiktionary


ASPEN

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



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