NOUN | plant | bracken, Pteridium esculentum | fern of southeastern Asia |
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plant | bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum | large coarse fern often several feet high |
Sounds | brae'kahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions. | |
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Synonym | Pteridium esculentum | |
Member of | Pteridium, genus Pteridium | A genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae |
Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
Spanish | helecho |
Meaning | large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan. | |
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Synonyms | pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum | |
Member of | Pteridium, genus Pteridium | A genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae |
Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
Spanish | pteridium |
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