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bracken
(brak′ən)
noun
- any of a genus (Pteridium, family Polypodiaceae) of large, coarse, weedy ferns, occurring in meadows, woods, and esp. wastelands: very closely related to the brake ferns
- a growth of such ferns
Origin: ME braken < ON *brakni > Dan bregne
See bracken in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A widespread, often weedy fern (Pteridium aquilinum) having large, triangular, pinnately compound fronds and often forming dense thickets.
- An area overgrown with this fern.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English braken
Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots
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