bracken Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
    Pteridium esculentum.
  2. noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
    pasture brake; brake; Pteridium aquilinum.

WordNet

Brack"en noun
Etymology
OE. braken, AS. bracce. See 2d Brake, n.
Definitions
  1. A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913