Meaning bracken
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bracken


"coarse fern," early 14c., a northern England word from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish bregne, Swedish bräken "fern").
Source: etymonline.com

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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
Source: beedictionary.com

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bracken


, sb. any large kind of fern.
Source: ulsterscotsacademy.com

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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 [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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