bracken

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tall, coarse fern that often grows in dense stands on open or wooded land

   The path disappeared beneath shoulder-high bracken.

2. 2
   noun

   an area densely covered with bracken ferns

   A deer moved quietly through the bracken at the edge of the clearing.

From Middle English braken, probably from a Scandinavian source related to Danish bregne and Swedish bräken ("fern"). The family may ultimately be connected with a Germanic root for rough undergrowth.

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