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Webster 1913 Edition


Bracken

Brack′en

,
Noun.
[OE.
braken
, AS.
bracce
. See
2d Brake
,
Noun.
]
A brake or fern.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bracken

BRACK'EN

,
Noun.
Fern. [See Brake.]

Definition 2024


Bracken

Bracken

See also: bracken

English

Proper noun

Bracken

  1. A surname.

bracken

bracken

See also: Bracken

English

Noun

bracken (usually uncountable, plural brackens)

  1. (uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of genus Pteridium, that forms dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
  2. (uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.

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