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<botany> The European rowan tree; called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.
Origin: Probably from quick, and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. Quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass.
(01 Mar 1998)
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