Found 3 items, similar to Asp.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: asp
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: asp
asp
n 1: of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
[syn:
asp viper,
Vipera aspis]
2: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over
life and death [syn:
Egyptian cobra,
Naja haje]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Asp
Asp
\Asp\, n. (Bot.)
Same as
Aspen.
“Trembling poplar or asp.” --Martyn.
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Asp
\Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe,
F. aspic.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent
countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the
Naja haje.
The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to
Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See
Haje.
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Aspen
\Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp
\Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [AS.
[ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp,
Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, ["a]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa,
Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.)
One of several species of poplar bearing this name,
especially the
Populus tremula, so called from the
trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest
impulse of the air.
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