bracken
Plural: brackens
Noun
- A large, coarse fern that often forms dense thickets.
- fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
- An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
Examples
- His opponent played BRACKEN, a long, winding word that felt like navigating a dense thicket.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
brake, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum, Pteridium esculentum
Scrabble Score: 15
bracken: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbracken: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bracken: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
bracken: valid Words With Friends Word