Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States, named after Bracken Creek.
From Middle English braken, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *brakni (“undergrowth”), related to Proto-Germanic *brekaną and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (...
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