bracken

(brakən)

noun

  1. 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
  2. a growth of such ferns

Origin: ME braken < ON *brakni > Dan bregne

See bracken in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A widespread, often weedy fern (Pteridium aquilinum) having large, triangular, pinnately compound fronds and often forming dense thickets.
  2. 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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