aspen Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Asp"en, Asp noun (Also<
  • Aspen
  • Asp
)
Etymology
AS. æsp, æps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ösp, Dan. æsp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, äspe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.
Definitions
  1. (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.
Asp"en adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
    Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay.

Webster 1913