'Quicken tree' definitions:

Definition of 'Quicken tree'

From: 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]