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QUICKSET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quickset mean? 

QUICKSET (noun)
  The noun QUICKSET has 1 sense:

1. cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vinesplay

  Familiarity information: QUICKSET used as a noun is very rare.


QUICKSET (adjective)
  The adjective QUICKSET has 1 sense:

1. grown from cuttings planted directly in the groundplay

  Familiarity information: QUICKSET used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUICKSET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Context example:

a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard

Hypernyms ("quickset" is a kind of...):

cutting; slip (a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting)


QUICKSET (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground

Context example:

a quickset hawthorn hedge

Similar:

planted (set in the soil for growth)


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