| Pronunciation: | | 'aspun
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| Matching Terms: | | aspect, aspect ratio, aspectable, aspectant, aspected, aspection, aspect-oriented programming, aspectual, aspen poplar, asper, asperate, asperation, asperges, aspergill, aspergillaceae, aspergillales, aspergilliform, aspergillosis, aspergillus, aspergillus fumigatus, asperifoliate, asperity, aspermatous, aspermous, asperne, asperous, asperse, aspersed, asperser, aspersion, aspersive, aspersoir, aspersorium, asperula, asperula odorata, asperula tinctoria, asperulate
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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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| 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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| | See Also: | | language |
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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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