Definition of French bracken

1. Noun. Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds.


Lexicographical Neighbors of French Bracken

French Republic
French Revolution
French Riviera
French Sign Language
French Somaliland
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
French Sudan
French West Africa
French West Indies
French and Indian War
French augmented sixth chord
French augmented sixth chords
French bean
French beans
French blue
French bracken
French bread
French bulldog
French capital
French chalk
French cricket
French crickets
French cuff
French cuffs
French curve
French curves
French cut
French cuts
French dip
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Literary usage of French bracken

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Fantasy of Far Japan: Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kenchō Suematsu (1905)
"... is generally the case in this world,' said the duchess ; ' but I wonder if french bracken is equally good.' —' Surely it is,' I replied, ' even that in ..."

2. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1868)
"... it is the Flowering fern, why, does not appear; it is the "french bracken, and a crested variety (cristata) was described in the Gardeners' Chronicle ..."

3. Nature Study Made Easy by Edward Byrne Shallow, Winifred T. Cullen (1908)
"The french bracken, which grows in the British Isles, is celebrated for its beauty. It bears its seeds in spikes. The leaves have a reddish hue. ..."

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