brack·en 
(brăkən)
(brăkən)n.
1. A fern (Pteridium aquilinum) found worldwide, with large, triangular fronds usually divided into three parts.
2. An area with dense thickets of this fern.
[Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian origin; see bhreg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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