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quaking aspen

noun

Definition of QUAKING ASPEN

:  an aspen (Populus tremuloides) chiefly of the United States and Canada with small nearly circular leaves that have flattened petioles and finely serrate margins and that flutter in the slightest breeze
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First Known Use of QUAKING ASPEN

1812

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