bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum
(noun) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
bracken, Pteridium esculentum
(noun) fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Bracken
A surname.
bracken (usually uncountable, plural brackens)
(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
(uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
Source: Wiktionary
Brack"en, n. Etym: [OE. braken, AS. bracce. See 2d Brake, n.]
Definition: A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
