• IPA: /ˈæspən/

aspen

1. Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
2. (obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.
   • a. 1631, John Donne, ‘The Apparition’, Poems (1633):

     And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou / Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye / A veryer ghost than I […].

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

aspen (plural aspens)

1. 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.

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

   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219 ↗:

     Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves […] .

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

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

• French: tremble
• German: Espe, Zitterpappel
• Italian: pioppo
• Portuguese: choupo-tremedor, faia-preta
• Russian: оси́на
• Spanish: álamo temblón

• German: Espenholz

1. .
2. A small community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
3. A female given name of modern usage, denominated for the aspen tree.

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