bracken
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
See bracken in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(brăkˈən)
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.
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