Meaning of ASPEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'aspun
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- [n] any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
- [adj] made of wood of the aspen tree
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| | Synonyms: | | woody |
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| | See Also: | | American aspen, American quaking aspen, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, big-toothed aspen, Canadian aspen, European quaking aspen, large tooth aspen, large-toothed aspen, poplar, poplar tree, Populus grandidentata, Populus tremula, Populus tremuloides, quaking aspen | |
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| | Definition: | |  Aspen
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [AS.
[ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp,
Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, ["a]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa,
Lith. apuszis.] (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\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), a.
Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of
aspen wood.
Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. --Gay.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A toy language for teaching compiler construction. ["ASPEN Language Specifications", T.R. Wilcox, SIGPLAN Notices 12(11):70-87, Nov 1977]. |
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| | Related Terms: | | chattering, palsied, quaking, quavering, quavery, quivering, quivery, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shuddering, succussatory, succussive, trembling, trembly, tremulous, vibrating, wobbly |
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