any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides(quaking aspen ) or P. alba(white aspen ), of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
adjective
of or relating to the aspen.
trembling or quivering, like the leaves of the aspen.
Origin of aspen
1350–1400; Middle English aspen (adj.), Old English æspen; cognate with Old Frisian espen (adj.), espenbeam,Middle Dutch espenboom,Old High German espîn (adj.). See asp2, -en2
Some look at the Aspen museum and wonder whether Ban will be able to continue creating his humanitarian “virtuous” architecture.
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Even Ban functions within this system, as the Aspen museum illustrates.
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Earlier this month a brand new art museum opened in the posh mountain resort town of Aspen, Colorado.
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At a conference in Aspen I ran into some people in the TV business.
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But Chris finds a quieter kind of satisfaction in the huts that dot the Rockies around Aspen.
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But beyond cleansing the wound and telegraphing by way of Denver to Aspen for skilled help, there was little he could do.
The King of Arcadia|Francis Lynde
It pointed at an aspen grove out in the pines two hundred feet away.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
Another and another followed, and the Dutchman trembled like an aspen leaf.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea|Charles H. L. Johnston
Then the Summoner, “quaking like an aspen leaf for ire,” stands up in his stirrups and claims to be heard in turn.
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It feeds on aspen, and other kinds of poplar, in June and July.
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British Dictionary definitions for aspen
aspen
/ (ˈæspən) /
noun
any of several trees of the salicaceous genus Populus, such as P. tremula of Europe, in which the leaves are attached to the stem by long flattened stalks so that they quiver in the windArchaic name: asp