ALL meanings of bracken
brack·en
B b - uncountable noun bracken Bracken is a large plant with leaves that are divided into many thin sections. It grows on hills and in woods. 3
- noun bracken any of various large coarse ferns, esp Pteridium aquilinum, having large fronds with spore cases along the undersides and extensive underground stems 3
- noun bracken a clump of any of these ferns 3
- noun bracken any of a genus (Pteridium, family Polypodiaceae) of large, coarse, weedy ferns, occurring in meadows, woods, and esp. wastelands: very closely related to the brake ferns 3
- noun bracken a growth of such ferns 3
- noun bracken a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum. 1
- noun bracken plant: fern 1
- noun bracken a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs. 1
- noun bracken (Uncountable Noun) NC Any of several coarse ferns, of genus Pteridium, that forms dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock. 0
- noun bracken (Uncountable Noun) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern. 0