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A ski-resort town in Colorado
A female given name of modern usage, denominated for the aspen tree
A small community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
A kind of poplar tree (genus Populus; section Populus)

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

The wood of such a tree

She claimed that aspen was the only proper material from which make a wicker basket.

{a} of or belonging to the aspen
{n} a tree, the poplar, or a species of it
{i} town and popular ski resort in Colorado (USA)
A gender-ambiguous English given name denominated for the aspen tree
Software developed by the FHWA that enables roadside inspectors to record inspections electronically, print reports, and upload the information automatically to SAFER
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
Forests in which quaking aspen or bigtooth aspen, singly or in combination, comprise a plurality of the stocking (Common associates include balsam poplar, balsam fir, and paper birch )
I'm a good kind of rat-bedding My chips are dry and not fragrant like Cedar or Pine bedding so I don't hurt the delicate rat noses and lungs Sometimes I'm a bit dusty though so it's a good idea to shuffle me up a bit to get the dusties out In California I come in bigger chunks and am baked
An aspen is a tall tree with leaves that move a lot in the wind. a type of tree from western North America with leaves that shake a lot in the wind (Aspe ). City (pop., 2000: 5,914), western central Colorado, U.S. It is located on the Roaring Fork River at the edge of the White River National Forest, at an altitude of 7,907 ft (2,410 m). Founded by prospectors 1878, it was a booming silver-mining town by 1887 but declined rapidly after silver prices collapsed in the early 1890s. Its revival as a ski resort began in the late 1930s, and it is now a popular tourist town; it is also known for its cultural festivals, notably the Aspen Music Festival. Any of three tree species of the genus Populus, of the willow family: P. tremula (the common European aspen), P. tremuloides (the American quaking, or trembling, aspen), and P. grandidentata (the American big-tooth aspen). Native to the Northern Hemisphere, aspens are known for the fluttering of their leaves in the slightest breeze. Aspens grow farther north and higher up the mountains than other Populus species. All aspens have a smooth, gray-green bark, random branching, rich green leaves that turn brilliant yellow in fall, and catkins that appear before the leaves in spring
{i} any of a number of poplar trees (found in Europe and America)
any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood
quaking aspen
Populus tremuloides, the American aspen, so called from its leaves whose flattened petioles cause them to tremble in the breeze
american quaking aspen
slender aspen native to North America
aspens
plural of aspen
canadian aspen
aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America
quaking aspen
Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa
aspen

    Hyphenation

    As·pen

    Turkish pronunciation

    äspın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈaspən/ /ˈæspən/

    Etymology

    [ 'as-p&n ] (noun.) 1596. Middle English aspen 'made of aspen wood', from asp 'aspen', from Old English æspe, from Proto-Germanic *aspom (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').
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