quaking aspen

English

Noun

quaking aspen (plural quaking aspens)

  1. Populus tremuloides, the American aspen, so called from its leaves whose flattened petioles cause them to tremble in the breeze.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

  • (Populus tremuloides): popple

References

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