1. bracken(n = noun.plant) pteridium esculentum - fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions;
is a kind of fern
is a member of genus pteridium, pteridium
2. bracken(n = noun.plant) brake, pasture brake, pteridium aquilinum - large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan;
is a kind of fern
is a member of genus pteridium, pteridium
A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
bracken, n.
1 any large coarse fern, esp. Pteridium aquilinum, abundant on heaths and moorlands, and in woods.
2 a mass of such ferns. Also called BRAKE(5).
Etymology:
north. ME f. ON
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