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brack·en

(brăk′ən)

1. A fern (Pteridium aquilinum) found worldwide, with large, triangular fronds usually divided into three parts.

2. An area with dense thickets of this fern.

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

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bracken

(ˈbrækən)

1. (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. (Plants) a clump of any of these ferns

[C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish bräken, Danish bregne]

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brack•en

(ˈbræk ən)

n.

1. a large fern, Pteridium aquilinum, of the polypody family, having large, creeping rootstocks and triangular fronds.

2. a cluster of such ferns.

[1275–1325; Middle English braken < Scandinavian]

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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

felce

bracken

[ˈbrækən] N → helecho m

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bracken

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

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bracken

n → Adlerfarn m

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bracken

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

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