Quickbeam

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quickbeam \Quick"beam`\, n. [A.S. cwicbe['a]m.]
     See {Quicken tree}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



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