quicken : Idioms & Phrases

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quicken tree

Quick"en tree`
Etymology
Probably from quick, and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
Webster 1913