bracken
/ˈbɹækən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.78 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
Countable; Uncountable
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A surname.
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An unincorporated community in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States, named after Bracken Creek.
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A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Etymology
From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cognates include Danish bregne and Swedish bräken (“fern”).
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