aspen

n. town and popular ski resort in Colorado (USA)

n. any of a number of poplar trees (found in Europe and America)

Aspens are trees of the willow family and comprise a section of the poplar genus, Populus sect. Populus. There are six species in the section, one of them atypical, and one hybrid:Populus adenopoda: Chinese Aspen (China, south of P. tremula)Populus sieboldii: Japanese Aspen (Japan)Populus alba: White Poplar (northwest Africa, southern Europe, east to central Asia)Populus × canescens: Grey Poplar (hybrid P. alba × P. tremula)Populus tremula: Common, Swedish, Trembling or Eurasian Aspen (northern Europe & Asia)Populus tremuloides: Quaking, Trembling or American Aspen (northern & western North America)Populus grandidentata: Bigtooth Aspen (eastern North America, south of P. tremuloides)
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Noun
1. any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
(hypernym) poplar, poplar tree
(hyponym) quaking aspen, European quaking aspen, Populus tremula

n. Aspen, town and popular ski resort in Colorado

n. Aspen, town and popular ski resort in Colorado (USA)