Bracken vs Fern - What's the difference?

bracken | fern |


As nouns the difference between bracken and fern

is that bracken is any of several coarse ferns, of genus Pteridium, that forms dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock while fern is any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

As proper nouns the difference between bracken and fern

is that bracken is {{surname} while Fern is {{given name|female}} from the fern plant.

Other Comparisons: What's the difference?

bracken

English

(wikipedia bracken)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of genus Pteridium , that forms dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
  • (uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.

    • fern

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

    • Synonyms

    * (Pteridophyta) (archaic)

    Derived terms

    * (hydrozoan skeletons) * (in genus Asparagus ) * ) * ferny * male fern * (in genus Comptonia ) * tree fern

    See also

    * bracken

    External links

    * ("fern" on Wikipedia)

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