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View synonyms for bracken

bracken

[ brak-uhn ]

noun

  1. a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum.
  2. a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs.

bracken

/ ˈbrækən /

noun

  1. Also calledbrake any of various large coarse ferns, esp Pteridium aquilinum , having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems
  2. a clump of any of these ferns

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Other Words From

  • brackened adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bracken1

1275–1325; Middle English braken < Scandinavian; compare Swedish bräken fern, Norwegian brake juniper

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bracken1

C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bräken , Danish bregne

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