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Noun: bracken  brakun
  1. Fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
    - Pteridium esculentum
     
  2. Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
    - pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum

Derived forms: brackens

Type of: fern

Part of: genus Pteridium, Pteridium

Encyclopedia: Bracken Bracken, Indiana Bracken, Saskatchewan

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