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Synonyms
Etymology
1. bracken
noun. ['ˈbrækən'] large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
Synonyms
Etymology
- braken (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Bracken
- mcmakin
- mcmackin
- mccrackin
- mccracken
- slacken
- glacken
- blacken
- macken
- machen
- hakon
- chacon
- bakken
Sentences with bracken
1. Noun, singular or mass
Lop off stems of bracken and blackberry brambles near the ground level with a pair of branch loppers.
2. Verb, past participle
Deer and the eastern cottontail rabbit often eat young bracken ferns.
3. Adjective
The sawfly and several species of caterpillar eat the bracken fern.
