Definition of bracken Bracken

/bɹæˈkʌn/ - [brakun] - brack•en

We found 7 definitions of bracken from 5 different sources.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: brackens

bracken - large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
  pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum
  fern any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
  genus pteridium, pteridium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
bracken - fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
  Pteridium esculentum
  fern any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • bracken (n.)
    A brake or fern.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • bracken
    brak′en, n. fern. [See Brake.]

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