bracken

brack·en  (brkn)

n.

1. A widespread, often weedy fern (Pteridium aquilinum) having large, triangular, pinnately compound fronds and often forming dense thickets.

2. An area overgrown with this fern.

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[Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian origin; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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bracken [ˈbrækən]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a clump of any of these ferns

[of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bräken, Danish bregne]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bracken - fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions Pteridium esculentum fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Pteridium, Pteridium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
	2.	bracken - large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum, brake fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores genus Pteridium, Pteridium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae

Translations

bracken [ˈbrækən] N → helecho m

bracken [ˈbrækən] n (= plants) areas of bracken → zones fpl de fougères

bracken

n → Adlerfarn m

bracken [ˈbræk/ən] n (plant) → felce f; (area of bracken) → felci pl

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bracken [ˈbræk/ən] n (plant) → felce f; (area of bracken) → felci pl