Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bracken"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bracken \Brack"en\, n. [OE. braken, AS. bracce. See {2d Brake},
n.]
A brake or fern. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bracken
n 1: fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate
regions [syn: {Pteridium esculentum}]
2: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed
ferns; cosmopolitan [syn: {pasture brake}, {brake}, {Pteridium
aquilinum}]
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