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bracken definition

bracken (brak′ən)

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

Etymology: ME braken < ON *brakni > Dan bregne

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