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bracken

Pronunciation:  'brakun

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
  2. [n]  fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
 
 Synonyms: brake, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum, Pteridium esculentum
 
 See Also: fern, genus Pteridium, Pteridium

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Brack"en\, n. [OE. braken, AS. bracce. See {2d Brake},
n.]
A brake or fern. --Sir W. Scott.

 
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