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Webster 1913 Edition

Bracken

Brack′en

,

Noun.

[OE.

braken

, AS.

bracce

. See

,

Noun.

]

A brake or fern.

Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bracken

BRACK'EN

,

Noun.

Fern. [See Brake.]

Definition 2024

Bracken

Bracken

See also: bracken

English

Proper noun

Bracken

A surname.

bracken

bracken

See also: Bracken

English

Noun

bracken ‎(usually uncountable, plural brackens)

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

Translations

any of several coarse ferns

Armenian: արծվապտեր ‎(arcvapter)
Bulgarian: орлова папрат ‎(orlova paprat)
Catalan: falguera aquilina f
Valencian: falaguera aquilina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羊齒 (zh), 羊齿 (zh) ‎(yángchǐ), 蕨菜 ‎(juécài)
Dutch: adelaarsvaren (nl) m
French: ptéridium m
Georgian:
German: Adlerfarne (de) f

Irish: raithneach f
Italian: felce (it) f
Japanese: 蕨 (ja) ‎(ワラビ, warabi)
Norman: feûgiéthe f
Maori: rarauhe, rauaruhe, mārohi, rarauwhe, rārahu
Portuguese: feto-águia m
Russian: па́поротник-орля́к m ‎(páporotnik-orlják)
Scottish Gaelic: raineach f
Spanish: helecho (es) m