quaking aspen
English
Noun
quaking aspen (plural quaking aspens)
- 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, white poplar, quiverleaf
- Hypernym: popple
- A Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula)
References
quaking aspen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Populus tremuloides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Populus tremuloides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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