BRACKEN Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word bracken. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BRACKEN
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| brake | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle • any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants • large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan • an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant • anything that slows or hinders a process verb • stop travelling by applying a brake • cause to stop by applying the brakes | ||||||||
| brush | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a dense growth of bushes • an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle • momentary contact • conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor • a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) • a minor short-term fight • the act of brushing your teeth • the act of brushing your hair • contact with something dangerous or undesirable verb • rub with a brush, or as if with a brush • touch lightly and briefly • clean with a brush • sweep across or over • remove with or as if with a brush • cover by brushing | ||||||||
| fern | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores | ||||||||
| shrubbery | nounn | |||||||
noun • an area where a number of shrubs are planted • a collection of shrubs growing together | ||||||||
| underbrush | nounn | |||||||
noun • the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest | ||||||||
| pasture brake | ||||||||
noun • large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | ||||||||
| pteridium aquilinum | nounn | |||||||
noun • large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | ||||||||
| pteridium esculentum | nounn | |||||||
noun • fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions | ||||||||
