Quickenbeam

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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}.


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