bracken
[ brak-uhn ]
/ ˈbræk ən /
noun
a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum.
a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs.
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Origin of bracken
1275–1325; Middle English braken<Scandinavian; compare Swedish bräken fern, Norwegian brake juniper
OTHER WORDS FROM bracken
brackened, adjectiveWords nearby bracken
brachytherapy, brachyuran, brachyurous, bracing, braciola, bracken, bracket, bracket clock, bracket creep, bracket foot, bracket fungus
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British Dictionary definitions for bracken
bracken
/ (ˈbrækən) /
noun
Also called: brake any of various large coarse ferns, esp Pteridium aquilinum, having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems
a clump of any of these ferns
Word Origin for bracken
C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bräken, Danish bregne
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