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bracken

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15
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18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹækən/

Definition of bracken

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable, usually)Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
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noun

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

name

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States, named after Bracken Creek.
  4. A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Etymology

From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish bräken (“fern”).

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