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Webster 1913 Edition

Quicken tree

Quick′en treeˊ

.

[Probably from

quick

, and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G.

quickenbaum

,

quizenbaum

,

quitschenbaum

. Cf.

.]

(Bot.)

The European rowan tree; – called also

quickbeam

, and

quickenbeam

. See

.