FALSE BRACKEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false bracken mean? 

• FALSE BRACKEN (noun)
  The noun FALSE BRACKEN has 1 sense:

1. resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia

  Familiarity information: FALSE BRACKEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE BRACKEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Culcita dubia; false bracken

Hypernyms ("false bracken" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("false bracken" is a member of...):

Culcita; genus Culcita (includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands)