Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bracken

2 senses of bracken

Sense 1
bracken, Pteridium esculentum -- (fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Sense 2
bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum -- (large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan)
       => fern -- (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)