Quickbeam

//ˈkwɪkˌbiːm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The European rowan tree.

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quickenquickenrowan

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *quykbeem, from Old English cwicbeam, from Proto-West Germanic *kwikubaum; equivalent to quick (“living”) + beam. Cognate to Old Saxon quikbōm, quekbōm.

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