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bracken"coarse fern," early 14c., a northern England word from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish bregne, Swedish bräken "fern").
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bracken(n) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan(n) fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
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bracken, sb. any large kind of fern.
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bracken
(uncountable,countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of genus ''Pteridium'', that forms dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
(uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this [..]
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