quickset

(kwikset′)

noun

  1. a live slip or cutting, as of hawthorn, planted with others to grow into a hedge
  2. a hedge, as of hawthorn

See quickset in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British
  1. Cuttings or slips of a plant suitable for hedges.
  2. A hedge consisting of these plant cuttings or slips.

Origin:

Origin: quick, alive

Origin: + set1

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