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noun
- 1. a tall fern with coarse lobed fronds, which occurs worldwide and can cover large areas.
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BRACKEN definition: 1. a large fern (= a type of plant) that grows thickly in open areas of countryside, especially on…. Learn more.
The meaning of BRACKEN is a large coarse fern; especially : a nearly cosmopolitan brake (Pteridium aquilinum) found in most tropical and temperate regions.
Bracken definition: a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum.. See examples of BRACKEN used in a sentence.
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken or common bracken) is the most common species with a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring in temperate and subtropical regions throughout much of the world. It is a prolific and abundant plant in the moorlands of Ireland, where it is limited to altitudes of below 600 metres.
noun. 1. Also called: brake. any of various large coarse ferns, esp Pteridium aquilinum, having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems. 2.
BRACKEN meaning: 1. a large fern (= a type of plant) that grows thickly in open areas of countryside, especially on…. Learn more.
Bracken is a weedy type of fern that's native to the Southern Hemisphere. If you visit Australia, you'll almost certainly see some bracken, which grows in every state of the country.
Definition of bracken noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
bracken, (Pteridium aquilinum), widely distributed fern (family Dennstaedtiaceae), found throughout the world in temperate and tropical regions. The fronds are used as thatching for houses and as fodder and are cooked as vegetables or in soups in some parts of Asia.
bracken in American English. (ˈbrækən ) noun. 1. any of a genus ( Pteridium, family Polypodiaceae) of large, coarse, weedy ferns, occurring in meadows, woods, and esp. wastelands: very closely related to the brake ferns. 2. a growth of such ferns.
