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aspen

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. aspen (noun)
  2. aspen poplar (noun)
  3. aspen tortrix (noun)
  4. American aspen (noun)
  5. bigtooth aspen (noun)
  6. European aspen (noun)
  7. Japanese aspen (noun)
  8. large-toothed aspen (noun)
  9. quaking aspen (noun)
  10. trembling poplar (noun)
  11. white asp (noun)

as·pen

noun \ˈas-pən\

Definition of ASPEN

: any of several poplars (especially Populus tremula of Europe and P. tremuloides and P. grandidentata of North America) with leaves that flutter in the lightest wind because of their flattened petioles
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Origin of ASPEN

Middle English, of an aspen, from asp aspen, from Old English æspe; akin to Old High German aspa aspen, Russian osina
First Known Use: 1593

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