BRACKEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does bracken mean?
• BRACKEN (noun)
The noun BRACKEN has 2 senses:
1. fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
2. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Familiarity information: BRACKEN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRACKEN (noun)
Meaning:
Fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bracken; Pteridium esculentum
Hypernyms ("bracken" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Holonyms ("bracken" is a member of...):
genus Pteridium; Pteridium (a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae)
Meaning:
Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pasture brake; Pteridium aquilinum; bracken; brake
Hypernyms ("bracken" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Holonyms ("bracken" is a member of...):
genus Pteridium; Pteridium (a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae)
