Category:Quicken tree

Quick"en tree`. Etym: [probably from quick, and first applied to the Aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. quickenbaum, Quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass.] (bot.)

Defn: the european rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and Quickenbeam. See rowan tree.