(bracken)

  • 51bracken — brack|en [ brækən ] noun uncount a plant with leaves like large wide feathers, that grows on hills and in forests. It is a type of fern …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 52bracken — brack·en || brækÉ™n n. fern (type of plant) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 53bracken — noun a tall fern with coarse lobed fronds. [Pteridium aquilinum.] Origin ME: of Scand. origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 54bracken — noun (U) a plant that often grows in forests and becomes reddish brown in the autumn …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 55bracken — brack·en …

    English syllables

  • 56bracken — UK [ˈbrækən] / US noun [uncountable] a plant with leaves like large wide feathers, that grows on hills and in forests. It is a type of fern …

    English dictionary

  • 57bracken — brack•en [[t]ˈbræk ən[/t]] n. 1) pln a large fern, Pteridium aquilinum, of the polypody family, having large, creeping rootstocks and triangular fronds 2) pln a cluster of such ferns • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME braken < Scand …

    From formal English to slang

  • 58bracken — /ˈbrækən / (say brakuhn) noun 1. a large, coarse fern, especially Pteridium esculentum, a perennial native which is widespread throughout the higher rainfall areas of Australia. 2. a clump of ferns. {Middle English braken, from Scandinavian;… …

  • 59bracken —   Kīlau, kīlau pueo, pai ā …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 60bracken — n. 1 any large coarse fern, esp. Pteridium aquilinum, abundant on heaths and moorlands, and in woods. 2 a mass of such ferns. Also called BRAKE(5). Etymology: north. ME f. ON …

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