BRACKEN


Meaning of BRACKEN in English

— brackened , adj.

/brak"euhn/ , n.

1. a large fern or brake, esp. Pteridium aquilinum.

2. a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs.

[ 1275-1325; ME braken bräken fern, Norw brake juniper ]

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