 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bracken
noun
1: fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate
regions [syn: {Pteridium esculentum}]
2: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed
ferns; cosmopolitan [syn: {pasture brake}, {brake}, {Pteridium
aquilinum}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bracken \Brack"en\, noun [OE. braken, AS. bracce. See {2d Brake},
n.]
A brake or fern. --Sir W. Scott.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "bracken":
algae, autophyte, bean, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid,
creeper, diatom, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus,
grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy, kelp,
legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom,
parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton,
planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse, red algae,
rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil,
sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, succulent, toadstool, vetch,
vine, wort, wrack
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Bracken -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 8279
Housing Units (2000): 3715
Land area (2000): 203.218425 sq. miles (526.333281 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.674273 sq. miles (14.696299 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 208.892698 sq. miles (541.029580 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.731039 N, 84.080939 W
Headwords:
Bracken
Bracken, KY
Bracken County
Bracken County, KY
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