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FRENCH BRACKEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does French bracken mean?
• FRENCH BRACKEN (noun)
The noun FRENCH BRACKEN has 1 sense:
1. large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
Familiarity information: FRENCH BRACKEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ditch fern; French bracken; king fern; Osmunda regalis; royal fern; royal osmund
Hypernyms ("French bracken" is a kind of...):
flowering fern; osmund (any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters)
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