English > aspen: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind. |
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| Narrower | American quaking aspen, American aspen, Populus tremuloides | Slender aspen native to North America |
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| Canadian aspen, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, big-toothed aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen, Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown |
| quaking aspen, European quaking aspen, Populus tremula | Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown |
| Broader | poplar, poplar tree | Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins |
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| Spanish | álamo, álamo temblón, chopo, lamparilla, temblón |
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| Catalan | Aspen, trèmol |
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