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bracken
[ brak-uhn ]
noun
- a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum.
- a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs.
bracken
/ ˈæə /
noun
- Also calledbrake any of various large coarse ferns, esp Pteridium aquilinum , having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems
- a clump of any of these ferns
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Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bracken1
1275–1325; Middle English braken < Scandinavian; compare Swedish ä fern, Norwegian brake juniper
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bracken1
C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish ä , Danish bregne
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It has since fallen or been cut down and now lies among the bracken.
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Gorse, heather, bracken and trees were removed to reveal the white boulders.
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He's been a zoologist "since I could walk" and his first words were trees, bracken and gorse.
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Standing in the Simonside hills area of the Rothbury estate in Northumberland, there is bracken underfoot and open countryside as far as the eye can see.
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Alternatively, you can use wool bracken and also coconut coir, but it has a few question marks against it because it's a waste material from coconut plantations, grown mostly in India and Sri Lanka.
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