quaking aspen

noun

An American aspen (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which have flattened petioles that cause them to tremble in the breeze.

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trembling aspenAmerican aspenquaky treequaky aspenquakymountain aspengolden aspentrembling poplar
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Meanings

nounquaking aspen (plural quaking aspens)

plural quaking aspens

  1. An American aspen (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which have flattened petioles that cause them to tremble in the breeze.

    Synonyms: trembling aspen, American aspen, quaky tree, quaky aspen, quaky, mountain aspen, golden aspen, trembling poplar

  2. A Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn American aspen (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which have flattened petioles that cause them to tremble in the breeze.

Similar
trembling aspenAmerican aspenquaky treequaky aspenquakymountain aspengolden aspentrembling poplarwhite poplarquiverleaf

More synonyms by meaning

nounOld World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa

Similar
European quaking aspenPopulus tremula
Broader
aspen
Also see
quakytrembling poplarwhite poplar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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