aspen
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- noun
- /ˈæspən/
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álamo temblón
- - Do you remember the aspen grove?
- quaking aspen
- aspen forest
- aspen grove
The deer in the aspens circles mark the grass amid the aspens where they had lain.
- The deer in the aspens circles mark the grass amid the aspens where they had lain.
Examples
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There was a tennis court there set in a grove of aspen and cypress.
Fiction book (1995) -
Okay, it's a grove of aspen trees in Colorado, acres of aspens.
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So these are Aspen trees and they have white powder on them.
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"The Church" is a stand of aspen at the end of his meadow.
Fiction book (1994) -
We're going to head up into the mountains for a drive, look for aspens changing color.
Fiction book (1995) -
We can wait in the aspens and watch the whole meadow without being seen.
Fiction book (1990) -
There's quaking Aspen and Birch trees right in this area.
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Early snows had stripped the nearby aspens and cottonwoods of their leaves.
Fiction book (1993) -
The academy sits on 18,325 acres where herds of deer cross the aspen and pine-lined roads.
Academic text (1994) -
In the fall, the leaves of the aspen tree turn a beautiful golden yellow.
Synonyms
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A tall tree with light wood and small hanging flowers that grows in cool areas
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A tall tree with many branches whose round leaves shake in a light wind
A thin aspen tree from North America with leaves that shake in the wind
A thin tree that loses its leaves in winter and has leaves that shake in a light breeze
A slender North American tree with smooth pale bark and fluttering leaves
A European and Asian aspen tree with round leaves that shake in the wind
A tree from Europe and parts of Asia with rounded leaves that shake in the wind
A poplar tree with white bark and pale undersides on its leaves
A tree with smooth white bark and leaves with pale undersides that tremble
Compounds
- Specialized
A tree with leaves that have big teeth and a narrow top native to eastern North America
- Specialized
A tree with large jagged leaves and a narrow crown that grows in eastern North America
A thin tree that loses its leaves in winter and has leaves that shake in a light breeze
- Specialized
A tree with smooth white bark and leaves with pale undersides that tremble
A tree from Europe and parts of Asia with rounded leaves that shake in the wind
- Specialized
A tree from eastern North America with large leaves that have rough edges and light bark
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word aspen comes from an old English and Germanic word æspe that people long ago used for this same tree. You can remember it because the aspen's round leaves 'tremble' or 'shake' in the smallest breeze, and people noticed that when they gave the tree its name.