quickbeam

The European rowan tree.

Noun

  1. The European rowan tree.

Origin

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.

Forms

quickbeams

Synonyms

quicken

Hypernyms

beam tree