Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aspen \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, [aum]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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), a.
Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of
aspen wood.
[1913 Webster]
Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. --Gay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aspen
n 1: any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on
flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
ASPEN
A toy language for teaching compiler
construction.
["ASPEN Language Specifications", T.R. Wilcox, SIGPLAN Notices
12(11):70-87, Nov 1977].
(1994-11-30)