aspen

1. 1.

   any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind

   Broaderpoplar

   Narrowerquaking aspenAmerican quaking aspenCanadian aspen

Other forms of aspen

plural

aspens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aspen

What does aspen mean?

aspen means "any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind".

How many syllables are in aspen?

aspen has 2 syllables: as-pen. The stress falls on "as". In IPA it is /ˈæspən/.

Is aspen a common word?

aspen is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.