a.1631 (date written),J[ohn] Donne, “The Apparition”, inPoems,[…] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London:[…] M[iles] F[lesher] forIohn Marriot,[…], published1633,→OCLC:
And then pooreAspen wretch, neglected thou / Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye / A veryer ghost than I […].
Instead there were the white ofaspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves[…].
2015 March 30, Justin Gillis, “Climate Change Threatens to Kill Off More Aspen Forests by 2050s, Scientists Say”, inThe New York Times[1], archived fromthe original on2020-11-12:
The belovedaspen forests that shimmer across mountainsides of the American West could be doomed if emissions of greenhouse gases continue at a high level, scientists warned on Monday.[…] The new paper analyzed the drought and heat that killed millions ofaspens in Colorado and nearby states a decade ago.
(uncountable) Thewood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.
She claimed thataspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.
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