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brake5

Pronunciation: /breɪk/

(also brake fern)

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Definition of brake

noun

a coarse fern of warm and tropical countries, frequently having the fronds divided into long linear segments.
- Genus Pteris, family Pteridaceae
archaic term for bracken.