Names Of Trees

[ronreid]

Sorry not happy with aspen 1)timorous . We have it in for sounds like a writer thanks again

[quinie]

Sholem Asch (a Jewish novelist)-sounds like Ash?

[Calibax]

From Chambers:
aspen
n the trembling poplar.
adj made of, or like, the aspen; tremulous; timorous.

[elliemay1]

How many letters?

[frugalfred]

as = like; writer = pen, hence aspen

[elliemay1]

There's a tree called a quaking aspen.

[frugalfred]

Populus tremens, but I'm getting delirium tremens!

[quinie]

ronreid says he has given the answer to 1)timorous as Aspen which seems ok. At least I think that's what he means??

[elliemay1]

I think he means that 'sounds like a writer' =aspen so needs a different answer for 'timorous'.

[quinie]

Hi,elliemay,in two of my dictionaries Aspen is given as an answer to timorous-that's why I thought it fitted the clue.Perhaps ronreid will come back to explain what he meant.

[scorpiojo]

Could the writer clue be Hawthorn? (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

[quinie]

I think that's a better answer than mine,scorpiojo-Must admit I'd never heard of Asch till I saw it in a list! Like ronreid I wasn't sure of aspen either.Hope he comes back to let us know what he means. Anyway I need to go off to bed now,Guid Nicht.

[elliemay1]

Oiche mhait, quinie,

[quinie]

Good morning,elliemay1,I take it that's Gaelic.I always intended to learn(or try to) Gaelic but never got round to it-know several languages including Doric lol.Too old now to learn a new one! Lovely day here-off soon on a drive round Loch Earn to Callander.

[quinie]

P.S. Sorry for hi-jacking your thread,ronreid

[mallyh]

coconut...............coconut shy